Southwest Information Office

Monroe

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesPayWorkplace fatalities
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – February 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Mar 2020
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2019

Monroe, LA Economy at a Glance:

Monroe, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		78.2	78.3	79.0	(p)78.5	(p)79.2
Employment(1)		74.2	74.1	74.6	(p)74.1	(p)74.1
Unemployment(1)		4.0	4.2	4.4	(p)4.4	(p)5.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.1	5.4	5.6	(p)5.7	(p)6.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		78.2	78.2	79.0	78.8	77.7	(p)78.3
12-month % change		-1.0	-1.5	-0.9	-1.3	-1.1	(p)-0.6
Manufacturing(3)		6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	(p)6.2
12-month % change		-3.1	-3.1	-3.1	-3.1	-4.6	(p)-4.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.8	14.0	14.4	14.5	14.2	(p)13.9
12-month % change		-3.5	-1.4	-2.0	-1.4	0.0	(p)-1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		8.7	8.8	8.8	8.7	8.7	(p)8.8
12-month % change		2.4	3.5	3.5	2.4	2.4	(p)2.3
Education and Health Services(3)		15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.8	(p)15.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.6
Government(3)		12.4	12.6	12.8	12.6	12.1	(p)12.4
12-month % change		0.0	-1.6	-1.5	-3.8	-3.2	(p)-3.9
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary