BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) has released its 2011 unemployment rate press release schedule. Louisiana’s state unemployment rate and nonfarm industry employment press release will coincide with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly release of statewide data for the nation and will include seasonally adjusted data for the state. The Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) unemployment rate press release will include not seasonally adjusted data for the state, all 64 parishes, and eight MSAs. For some months, the seasonally and not seasonally adjusted data will be combined into one release.
Listed release dates are target dates and are subject to change.
January 25, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for December 2010
March 10, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for January 2011
March 25, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for February 2011
April 19, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for March 2011
May 20, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for April 2011
May 25, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for April 2011
June 17, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for May 2011
June 22, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for May 2011
July 22, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for June 2011
July 27, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for June 2011
August 19, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for July 2011
August 24, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for July 2011
September 16, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for August 2011
September 21, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for August 2011
October 21, 2011 – State Unemployment Rates for September 2011
October 26, 2011 – MSA Unemployment Rates for September 2011
November 22, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for October 2011
December 20, 2011 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for November 2011
January 24, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for December 2011
For more detailed statistics on Louisiana’s labor market information, visit our Web site at www.laworks.net and select Labor Market Information.
Note: This revision date does not reflect the revision date of the press release shown. Press Release postings are updated as needed and should be considered accurate as shown.