Lafayette city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Lafayette city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
5.0%
2023
4.9%
Total change
-0.1 pp
% change
-2%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5.0% | — |
| 2019 | 4.5% | -0.5 pp (-10%) |
| 2020 | 4.2% | -0.3 pp (-6.7%) |
| 2021 | 6.4% | +2.2 pp (52.4%) |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -0.1 pp (-1.6%) |
| 2023 | 4.9% | -1.4 pp (-22.2%) |