Baton Rouge Reporter

East Baton Rouge Parish recorded an unemployment rate of 7.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 17,032 people out of the 455,447 living in East Baton Rouge Parish at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in East Baton Rouge Parish has increased compared to the 6.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in East Baton Rouge Parish was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.7%.

Of the 219,442 people who had a job during that time, 280 were employed in the Armed Forces and 219,162 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	17,032	7.2%
Employed	219,442	92.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	219,162	92.7%
Employed in armed forces	280	0.1%