BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Workforce Commission has released its 2012 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 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.
Jan. 24, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for December 2011
March 13, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for January 2012
March 30, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for February 2012
April 20, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for March 2012
May 18, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for April 2012
May 25, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for April 2012
June 15, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for May 2012
June 22, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for May 2012
July 20, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for June 2012
July 25, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for June 2012
Aug. 17, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for July 2012
Aug. 24, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for July 2012
Sept. 21, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for August 2012
Sept. 25, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for August 2012
Oct. 19, 2012 – State SA Unemployment Rates for September 2012
Oct. 25, 2012 – MSA Unemployment Rates for September 2012
Nov. 20, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for October 2012
Dec. 21, 2012 – State and MSA Unemployment Rates for November 2012
Jan. 18, 2013 – State SA Unemployment Rates for December 2012
Jan. 25, 2013 – MSA Unemployment Rates for December 2012
For more detailed statistics on Louisiana’s labor market information, visit our website 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.