Baton Rouge Reporter

Pointe Coupee Parish recorded an unemployment rate of 5.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 524 people out of the 20,951 living in Pointe Coupee Parish at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Pointe Coupee Parish has increased compared to the 5.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Pointe Coupee Parish was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.7%.

Of the 8,926 people who had a job during that time, 15 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,911 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	524	5.5%
Employed	8,926	94.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,911	94.3%
Employed in armed forces	15	0.2%