The following labor market figures for each of the 5 parishes in SWLA come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC).
Household employment figures come from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) from the BLS. The nonfarm and industry employment statistics are from the State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings from the BLS. The job openings data comes from the LWC Louisiana Occupational Information System (LOIS).
For more information, please contract the Drew CBEA.
Allen Parish
Allen Parish Household Employment
1
Jan
2017
6.3
566
8,408
8,974
2
Feb
2017
5.2
464
8,416
8,880
3
Mar
2017
4.9
441
8,508
8,949
4
Apr
2017
4.8
431
8,610
9,041
5
May
2017
4.9
441
8,640
9,081
6
Jun
2017
5.8
538
8,678
9,216
7
Jul
2017
6.0
535
8,428
8,963
8
Aug
2017
5.7
505
8,430
8,935
9
Sep
2017
5.0
454
8,577
9,031
10
Oct
2017
4.6
409
8,562
8,971
Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish Household Employment
1
Jan
2017
6.8
987
13,622
14,609
2
Feb
2017
5.5
796
13,722
14,518
3
Mar
2017
5.2
761
13,861
14,622
4
Apr
2017
5.2
781
14,150
14,931
5
May
2017
5.3
797
14,131
14,928
6
Jun
2017
5.7
852
14,162
15,014
7
Jul
2017
5.9
883
13,974
14,857
8
Aug
2017
5.7
838
13,865
14,703
9
Sep
2017
5.3
773
13,816
14,589
10
Oct
2017
4.3
631
14,029
14,660
Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish Household Employment
1
Jan
2017
4.8
5,017
99,292
104,309
2
Feb
2017
4.2
4,389
100,072
104,461
3
Mar
2017
3.9
4,169
102,243
106,412
4
Apr
2017
3.8
4,096
103,266
107,362
5
May
2017
3.9
4,183
103,626
107,809
6
Jun
2017
4.4
4,831
105,579
110,410
7
Jul
2017
4.3
4,756
106,895
111,651
8
Aug
2017
4.2
4,631
106,323
110,954
9
Sep
2017
3.9
4,317
106,428
110,745
10
Oct
2017
3.3
3,701
106,889
110,590
Cameron Parish
Cameron Parish Household Employment
1
Jan
2017
4.3
164
3,683
3,847
2
Feb
2017
4.0
155
3,708
3,863
3
Mar
2017
3.6
143
3,791
3,934
4
Apr
2017
3.5
140
3,828
3,968
5
May
2017
3.3
131
3,849
3,980
6
Jun
2017
3.8
154
3,928
4,082
7
Jul
2017
3.9
160
3,971
4,131
8
Aug
2017
3.9
159
3,944
4,103
9
Sep
2017
3.6
147
3,940
4,087
10
Oct
2017
3.1
127
3,953
4,080
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish Household Employment
1
Jan
2017
6.0
804
12,678
13,482
2
Feb
2017
5.2
701
12,760
13,461
3
Mar
2017
4.9
660
12,803
13,463
4
Apr
2017
4.7
640
13,017
13,657
5
May
2017
4.7
644
13,045
13,689
6
Jun
2017
5.2
728
13,197
13,925
7
Jul
2017
5.3
741
13,237
13,978
8
Aug
2017
5.2
721
13,119
13,840
9
Sep
2017
4.7
639
12,956
13,595
10
Oct
2017
4.1
559
13,075
13,634
Job Openings Data by Parish
Parish Job Openings
1
Jan 2017
223
360
5,557
401
245
6,786
2
Feb 2017
224
318
5,049
577
224
6,392
3
Mar 2017
194
261
4,891
942
183
6,471
4
Apr 2017
196
229
5,223
860
208
6,716
5
May 2017
183
201
5,056
788
205
6,433
6
Jun 2017
161
224
4,781
576
160
5,902
7
Jul 2017
147
236
5,078
569
155
6,185
8
Aug 2017
155
220
4,900
225
128
5,628
9
Sep 2017
120
217
4,439
138
139
5,053
10
Oct 2017
144
216
4,876
135
158
5,529