BATON ROUGE – Not seasonally adjusted employed individuals increased by 125,453 from 1,649,341 in April 2020 to 1,774,794 in May 2020. When compared to May 2019, not seasonally adjusted employed indiv…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 20, 2020 dropped to 19,524 from the week ending June 13, 2020 total of 23,122. For a comparison, during the week ending…

PLEASE NOTE: For April 2020, BLS made significant revisions to data for all 50 states. This revision explains the variation between the preliminary and revised unemployment rates for April 2020. A fu…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 13, 2020 rose to 23,122 from the week ending June 6, 2020 total of 21,879. For a comparison, during the week ending Jun…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending June 6, 2020 rose to 21,879 from the week ending May 30, 2020 total of 19,334. For a comparison, during the week ending June…

BATON ROUGE – The initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending May 30, 2020 dropped to 19,334 from the week ending May 23, 2020 total of 23,961. For a comparison, during the week ending J…