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Sid Edwards (Unknown affiliation) has been Mayor of Baton Rouge since 2 Jan 2025. Unemployment rate: 4.0% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.1 percentage points lower than when Sid Edwards took office in January 2025, while Louisiana's fell 0.2 percentage points. Baton Rouge ranks 35th of 117 cities on the fall in unemployment; on pay growth it is 106th of 116. Typical rent is up 4.2% since day zero (2.4% a year).

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