The unemployment rate in Baton Rouge fell to 3.4% in December, a drop from the 4.7% posted in December 2016, the Louisiana Workforce Commission says.
Year-over-year unemployment rates, which are not seasonally adjusted, declined in all nine Louisiana metro areas in December—the fourth consecutive month unemployment dropped in every MSA.
Lake Charles, at 3.2%, has the lowest unemployment, followed by Baton Rouge, New Orleans (3.7%), Houma and Monroe (both 4.1%), Lafayette (4.2%), Shreveport (4.3%), Hammond (4.4%), and Alexandria (4.5%).
The not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell in Louisiana fell to 4% in December, down 1.4 percentage points year over year.
Nonfarm employment increased by 9,800 jobs to nearly 1.99 million over the course of the year, the Louisiana Workforce Commission says.
