Unemployment Rate in Plaquemines Parish, LA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
4.0% −25.4% vs nat'l
Rank #1,298 of 3,222
60th percentile

How Plaquemines Parish Compares

Plaquemines Parish
4.0%
Louisiana Average
4.0%
Rank #5 of 64 in state
National
5.3%
25.4% below

National Distribution

Where Plaquemines Parish falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Plaquemines Parish: 4.0%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,295 Pike County, IL 3.9%
#1,296 Williamsburg County, SC 4.0%
#1,297 Carteret County, NC 4.0%
#1,298 Plaquemines Parish, LA 4.0%
#1,299 Adair County, IA 4.0%
#1,300 Clark County, SD 4.0%
#1,301 De Witt County, IL 4.0%
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Unemployment Rate in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana has a unemployment rate of 4.0%, which ranks #1,298 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 25.4% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish ranks #5 of 64 out of 64 counties. This places it in the 60th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.