Nola Reporter

Orleans Parish recorded an unemployment rate of 8.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 16,123 people out of the 383,974 living in Orleans Parish at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Orleans Parish has decreased compared to the 8.5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 176,936 people who had a job during that time, 1,177 were employed in the Armed Forces and 175,759 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	16,123	8.4%
Employed	176,936	91.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	175,759	91%
Employed in armed forces	1,177	0.6%