Central Louisiana News

Sabine Parish recorded an unemployment rate of 9.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 773 people out of the 22,377 living in Sabine Parish at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Sabine Parish has increased compared to the 8.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Sabine Parish was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.7%.

Of the 7,322 people who had a job during that time, 9 were employed in the Armed Forces and 7,313 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	773	9.5%
Employed	7,322	90.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	7,313	90.3%
Employed in armed forces	9	0.1%