Lake Providence, LA jobs, layoffs and employers

1 open professional jobs in Lake Providence. Lake Providence is in East Carroll Parish.

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Lake Providence layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lake Providence in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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East Carroll Parish outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 8.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 9.1%, down 2.5 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lake Providence. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Union Parish Consortium
Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll

East Carroll American Job Center
Lake Providence · Affiliate · 318-366-3959
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East Carroll Parish economy

9.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
11.6% the month before
1,194
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
7,195
people in East Carroll Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$28,321
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Louisiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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