Region 4Workforce ProfileLouisiana

ACADIA

EVANGELINE

IBERIA

LAFAYETTE

ST. LANDRY

VERMILION

Region 4

Acadia

Evangeline

Iberia

Lafayette

St. Landry

St. Mary

St. Martin

Vermillion

Industry Breakdown – Top 10

Health Care and Social Assis-tance; 15.15%

Retail Trade (44 & 45); 12.45%

Mining; 8.71%

Manufacturing (31-33); 8.62%

Education Services; 8.02%Accommodation and Food

Services; 7.41%

Construction; 5.92%

Wholesale Trade; 4.48%

Professional, Scientific & Technical Svc; 4.09%

Admin., Support, Waste Mgmt, Remediation; 4.02%

Other; 21.13%

Industry Breakdown

Other Sectors

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting

Utilities

Management of Companies and Enterprises

Information

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

Other Services (except Public Admin.)

Finance and Insurance

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

State Government, Exc. Education, Hospitals

Transportation and Warehousing (48 & 49)

Admin., Support, Waste Mgmt, Remediation

Professional, Scientific & Technical Svc

Wholesale Trade

Construction

Accommodation and Food Services

Education Services

Manufacturing (31-33)

Mining

Retail Trade (44 & 45)

Health Care and Social Assistance

0.00% 2.00% 4.00% 6.00% 8.00% 10.00% 12.00% 14.00% 16.00%

0.07%

0.49%

0.61%

1.30%

1.42%

2.03%

2.37%

2.58%

3.02%

3.46%

3.78%

4.02%

4.09%

4.48%

5.92%

7.41%

8.02%

8.62%

8.71%

12.45%

15.15%

Rank Industry Sector Establishments Employees Percentage

1Health Care and Social

Assistance 2,133 39772 15.15%

2Retail Trade (44 & 45)

2,587 32698 12.45%

3Mining

580 22866 8.71%

4Manufacturing (31-33)

886 22635 8.62%

5Education Services

131 21056 8.02%

6Accommodation and Food

Services 1,099 19461 7.41%

7Construction

1,566 15550 5.92%

8Wholesale Trade

1,104 11761 4.48%

9Professional, Scientific &

Technical Svc 2,297 10745 4.09%

10Admin., Support, Waste

Mgmt, Remediation 761 10544 4.02%

11Transportation and

Warehousing (48 & 49) 736 9921 3.78%

Industry Breakdown

Source: LA Workforce Commission, based on 4th Qrt 2010

Rank Industry Sector Establishments Employees Percentage

12State Government, Exc. Education,

Hospitals 492 9083 3.46%

13Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

924 7921 3.02%

14Finance and Insurance

1,169 6766 2.58%

15Other Services (except Public

Admin.) 1,256 6210 2.37%

16Arts, Entertainment, and

Recreation 238 5331 2.03%

17Information

199 3738 1.42%

18Management of Companies and

Enterprises 107 3425 1.30%

19Utilities

142 1614 0.61%

20Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &

Hunting 185 1294 0.49%

21 Other Sectors 143 187 0.07% Supersectors and Totals 18,735 262,578 100.00%

Industry Breakdown (continued)

Source: LA Workforce Commission, based on 4th Qrt 2010Page 5

Unemployment May 2011Parish

Unemployment Rate Rank

1 – Highest64 – Lowest

Parish Unemployment Rate June 2011 12 Month Change

STATE 7.9%

22 Saint Mary Parish 9.6 -0.1

28 Evangeline Parish 9.2 +0.1

34 Saint Landry Parish 8.5 -0.1

44 Iberia Parish 7.6 -0.4

51 Saint Martin Parish 7.3 -0.4

55 Vermilion Parish 6.8 -0.4

56 Acadia Parish 6.7 -0.1

62 Lafayette Parish 5.8 0

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Region 8

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EDUCATIONAL ISSUESGRADUATION RATES VS. SREB AVERAGES

Institution Institution Classification

Percent Completing at Institution of

Initial Enrollment

SREB AVERAGE for Institution Classification

South Louisiana Community

CollegeTwo-Year 3 10% 19%

Louisiana State University at

EuniceTwo-Year 2 9% 18%

University of Louisiana at

LafayetteFour-Year 2 41% 47%