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Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Shreveport fell 0.0 percentage points in September 2023 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Louisiana rate. The unemployment rate in Shreveport peaked in April 2020 at 12.2% and is now 8.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in August 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Shreveport unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.8% 0.0 +0.3
Louisiana 3.3% 0.0 -0.3
Shreveport 3.5% 0.0 -0.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with September 2023 data as October metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Shreveport, Louisiana, National

Shreveport, Louisiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Shreveport, Louisiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Shreveport peaked in May 2020 at 21,587. There are now 15,185 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Shreveport 6,402 -11 -252

Number of Unemployed Persons

Shreveport, Louisiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Louisiana
Unemployment Rate
Shreveport
Unemployment Rate
Shreveport
Unemployed
October
2023
3.9% 3.3%
September
2023
3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 6,402
August
2023
3.8% 3.3% 3.5% 6,413
July
2023
3.5% 3.4% 3.6% 6,679
June
2023
3.6% 3.6% 3.8% 7,138
May
2023
3.7% 3.6% 3.8% 7,190
April
2023
3.4% 3.6% 3.7% 6,963
March
2023
3.5% 3.6% 3.7% 6,891
February
2023
3.6% 3.6% 3.7% 6,846
January
2023
3.4% 3.5% 3.6% 6,672
December
2022
3.5% 3.5% 3.7% 6,811
November
2022
3.6% 3.6% 3.7% 6,794

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.