These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Louisiana

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Louisiana towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Louisiana that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Louisiana” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Zachary is the hardest-working place in LA.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Pelican State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Louisiana:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 64 places in Louisiana over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 64 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Louisiana”. And, at the end of the day, Bogalusa slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Bogalusa

Population: 12,071College Educated: 10.0%
Unemployment Rate: 23.5%

2. Tallulah

Population: 7,267College Educated: 12.8%
Unemployment Rate: 22.0%

3. Springhill

Population: 5,239College Educated: 17.8%
Unemployment Rate: 18.2%

4. Opelousas

Population: 16,668College Educated: 11.8%
Unemployment Rate: 10.5%

5. Ville Platte

Population: 7,336College Educated: 9.6%
Unemployment Rate: 13.6%

6. Mansfield

Population: 5,012College Educated: 12.6%
Unemployment Rate: 16.0%

7. Richwood

Population: 5,846 College Educated: 3.1%
Unemployment Rate: 6.0%

8. Bastrop

Population: 11,075College Educated: 11.9%
Unemployment Rate: 15.5%

9. Crowley

Population: 13,219College Educated: 10.4%
Unemployment Rate: 16.7%

10. Franklin

Population: 7,483College Educated: 11.6%
Unemployment Rate: 20.1%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Louisiana is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Louisiana

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Bogalusa	1	12,071	10.0%	23.5%
Tallulah	2	7,267	12.8%	22.0%
Springhill	3	5,239	17.8%	18.2%
Opelousas	4	16,668	11.8%	10.5%
Ville Platte	5	7,336	9.6%	13.6%
Mansfield	6	5,012	12.6%	16.0%
Richwood	7	5,846	3.1%	6.0%
Bastrop	8	11,075	11.9%	15.5%
Crowley	9	13,219	10.4%	16.7%
Franklin	10	7,483	11.6%	20.1%
Westwego	11	8,531	8.0%	16.4%
Marksville	12	5,635	11.0%	7.2%
Minden	13	12,988	14.3%	13.4%
Jeanerette	14	5,547	8.1%	19.2%
Abbeville	15	12,341	9.3%	14.7%
Eunice	16	10,325	9.8%	7.1%
Alexandria	17	47,983	20.0%	11.4%
Natchitoches	18	18,460	24.7%	13.7%
Monroe	19	49,455	27.1%	12.1%
Morgan City	20	12,153	14.6%	8.8%
Sulphur	21	20,275	21.0%	8.5%
Lake Charles	22	73,503	23.6%	11.1%
Oakdale	23	7,741	10.3%	5.8%
Jennings	24	10,265	13.6%	11.1%
Breaux Bridge	25	8,232	15.5%	13.1%
New Iberia	26	30,750	15.9%	11.4%
West Monroe	27	13,073	18.9%	7.1%
Pineville	28	14,486	23.4%	8.6%
Leesville	29	6,656	16.7%	10.0%
Port Allen	30	5,150	18.0%	6.3%
Grambling	31	5,015	32.4%	23.2%
Plaquemine	32	7,055	13.7%	4.4%
Ruston	33	22,149	44.4%	13.3%
Gretna	34	17,801	17.4%	9.8%
St. Martinville	35	6,109	14.7%	7.5%
Shreveport	36	200,692	25.3%	8.3%
Rayne	37	7,984	8.6%	6.2%
St. Gabriel	38	6,796	12.1%	10.1%
Donaldsonville	39	7,507	13.6%	9.8%
Patterson	40	6,100	10.7%	8.4%
Gonzales	41	10,137	17.2%	9.1%
New Orleans	42	368,471	34.4%	11.6%
Baton Rouge	43	229,353	32.7%	10.0%
Denham Springs	44	10,148	13.0%	10.8%
Thibodaux	45	14,570	23.5%	7.3%
Houma	46	33,807	16.1%	7.4%
DeRidder	47	10,846	21.6%	8.0%
Hammond	48	20,207	28.7%	15.6%
Ponchatoula	49	6,751	20.0%	7.3%
Carencro	50	8,084	15.3%	8.3%
Bossier City	51	64,895	26.1%	6.4%
Baker	52	13,838	17.9%	9.3%
Kenner	53	66,926	22.4%	8.6%
Lafayette	54	123,528	33.3%	6.4%
Slidell	55	27,372	23.2%	9.5%
Harahan	56	9,324	27.9%	2.7%
Walker	57	6,176	20.3%	13.4%
Covington	58	9,151	32.9%	5.0%
Broussard	59	9,041	27.0%	3.6%
Scott	60	8,775	19.4%	6.0%
Mandeville	61	12,102	44.7%	6.9%
Central	62	27,505	20.2%	5.0%
Youngsville	63	9,358	35.4%	6.1%
Zachary	64	15,579	33.9%	4.6%

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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