Bill Lucia
September 21, 2018
The national unemployment rate is at a near-historic low, but it’s important to remember that unemployment statistics only count adults who are unemployed but actively looking for work.
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59.4 - Louisiana’s seasonally-adjusted labor force participation rate in July 2018, meaning 6 in 10 working age adults were working or actively looking or work. (Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics)September 13, 2018
New Orleans had the nation’s highest official poverty rate among the 50 largest metro areas in 2017, according to Census data released Thursday.
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899,039 - Number of Louisiana residents living below the poverty line in 2017, nearly one in five people in the state (19.7%). (Source: American Community Survey)August 21, 2018
The 2017 Louisiana Health Insurance Survey results released Monday revealed the first substantial drop in the percentage of uninsured adults since LSU researchers began conducting the survey in 2003.