Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Shreveport fell 0.1 percentage points in August 2018 to 5.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the Louisiana rate. The unemployment rate in Shreveport peaked in November 2010 at 8.2% and is now 2.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.2% in January 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.4 percentage points. You can also compare Shreveport unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	August 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	0.0	-0.5
Louisiana	5.0%	+0.1	+0.1
Shreveport	5.6%	-0.1	+0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with August 2018 data as September metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Shreveport, Louisiana, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Shreveport, Louisiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Shreveport peaked in November 2010 at 16,500. There are now 6,026 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 8,038 in January 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,436.

Unemployed Persons	August 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Shreveport	10,474	-136	+473

Number of Unemployed Persons

Shreveport, Louisiana Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Louisiana Unemployment Rate	Shreveport Unemployment Rate	Shreveport Unemployed
September 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
August 2018	3.9%	5.0%	5.6%	10,474
July 2018	3.9%	4.9%	5.7%	10,610
June 2018	4.0%	4.7%	5.6%	10,448
May 2018	3.8%	4.6%	5.2%	9,946
April 2018	3.9%	4.5%	5.0%	9,592
March 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.7%	9,074
February 2018	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%	8,397
January 2018	4.1%	4.6%	4.2%	8,038
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.0%	9,438
November 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.0%	9,369
October 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.0%	9,368