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Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Shreveport fell 0.8 percentage points in November 2020 to 8.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Louisiana rate. The unemployment rate in Shreveport peaked in April 2020 at 13.9% and is now 5.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 7.4% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.9 percentage points. You can also compare Shreveport unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Louisiana 8.3% -1.1 +3.1
Shreveport 8.3% -0.8 +2.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December 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 24,012. There are now 8,571 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 13,842 in August 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,599.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Shreveport 15,441 -1,658 +4,875

Number of Unemployed Persons

Shreveport, Louisiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Louisiana
Unemployment Rate		 Shreveport
Unemployment Rate		 Shreveport
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 8.3% 8.3% 15,441
October
2020		 6.9% 9.4% 9.1% 17,099
September
2020		 7.8% 8.0% 7.5% 13,992
August
2020		 8.4% 7.7% 7.4% 13,842
July
2020		 10.2% 9.4% 8.8% 15,721
June
2020		 11.1% 9.5% 8.8% 15,614
May
2020		 13.3% 14.2% 13.3% 24,012
April
2020		 14.8% 15.1% 13.9% 23,890
March
2020		 4.4% 6.7% 7.3% 13,897
February
2020		 3.5% 5.2% 5.4% 10,127
January
2020		 3.5% 5.3% 5.5% 10,326

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. ↩

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