Evangeline Parish, LA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Evangeline Parish’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Evangeline Parish economy

4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
11,882
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,162
people in Evangeline Parish
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,273
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Evangeline Parish outlook: Building

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

Private-sector jobs up 6.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+370 jobs)

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Evangeline Parish layoffs

No layoff notices naming Evangeline Parish 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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Employers hiring most in Evangeline Parish

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Ville Platte1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Louisiana Workforce Development Board #40
Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

Evangeline American Job Center
Ville Platte · Affiliate · 337-363-6241
Monday and Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Cities in Evangeline Parish

Ville Platte1 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Louisiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Louisiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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