Houma-Thibodaux was the only metro area in the U.S. to see its unemployment rate drop in September when compared with the year before, according to figures released today by the U.S. Department of Labor. The unemployment rate in Houma-Thibodaux was 5.1% in September, compared with 6.5% in September 2008. Last year’s numbers were affected by Hurricane Gustav, which caused a temporary spike in unemployment. Houma-Thibodaux and Lake Charles were two of the 10 metro areas to see an increase in the number of employees over the past year; each city has added 200 workers since September 2008. Baton Rouge saw the number of employees drop by 2,200, or 0.6%, during that period, falling to 369,800 workers in the metro area. Statewide, the number of jobs in Louisiana was down 1%, or 19,500 workers since September 2008. That brings the total number of workers in the state to 1.9 million.
Houma-Thibodaux only area to see unemployment drop
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