State loses ground in number of jobs

• Advocate staff report
• Published: Nov 25, 2009 - Page: 1A

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Louisiana employment in October of 1.911 million fell 44,000 jobs short of a year ago, according to Louisiana Workforce Commission data released late Tuesday.

Baton Rouge employment of 370,200 remained unchanged from September, but it is 7,800 lower than one year ago — the biggest annual deficit the city has seen in 2009. Employment typically grows in October, but is still being affected by a recession thought by national economists to have bottomed out in the third quarter.

Jobs in all eight state metros are down from October 2008. Louisiana’s unemployment rate of 7.4 percent was unchanged from September.