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Unemployment Rate in Mississippi, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Mississippi, ranked. The highest is Wilkinson County at 13.4% and the lowest is Carroll County at 1.6%.

Mississippi: 5.8% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Mississippi: 5.9%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Wilkinson County13.4%
2Tunica County13.3%
3Humphreys County12.5%
4Quitman County12.4%
5Greene County11.9%
6Leflore County11.6%
7Sunflower County11.2%
8Kemper County10.8%
9Tallahatchie County10.2%
10Coahoma County9.9%
11Choctaw County9.8%
12Yazoo County9.7%
13Jefferson Davis County9.6%
14Holmes County9.5%
15Stone County9.3%
16Lawrence County9.2%
17Sharkey County9.1%
18Noxubee County8.6%
19George County7.5%
20Hinds County7.5%
21Marion County7.5%
22Neshoba County7.5%
23Clay County7.2%
24Bolivar County7.1%
25Harrison County7.1%
26Clarke County7.0%
27Wayne County7.0%
28Claiborne County6.9%
29Forrest County6.7%
30Jackson County6.7%
31Winston County6.7%
32Panola County6.6%
33Walthall County6.6%
34Webster County6.6%
35Adams County6.4%
36Lowndes County6.3%
37Monroe County6.3%
38Washington County6.3%
39Jasper County6.2%
40Leake County6.2%
41Pearl River County6.1%
42Yalobusha County5.9%
43Amite County5.8%
44Copiah County5.8%
45Lauderdale County5.8%
46Oktibbeha County5.8%
47Pike County5.8%
48Scott County5.5%
49Tippah County5.5%
50Attala County5.4%
51Issaquena County5.1%
52Itawamba County5.1%
53Lee County5.1%
54Hancock County5.0%
55Chickasaw County4.9%
56Grenada County4.9%
57Lamar County4.8%
58Warren County4.8%
59Calhoun County4.7%
60Montgomery County4.7%
61Newton County4.7%
62Tate County4.7%
63Alcorn County4.6%
64Marshall County4.4%
65Rankin County4.4%
66Simpson County4.4%
67Smith County4.4%
68Union County4.4%
69Franklin County4.0%
70Jones County4.0%
71Madison County3.7%
72Covington County3.5%
73Prentiss County3.5%
74DeSoto County3.2%
75Lincoln County3.2%
76Tishomingo County3.2%
77Benton County3.1%
78Pontotoc County3.1%
79Lafayette County2.1%
80Perry County2.0%
81Jefferson County1.8%
82Carroll County1.6%

Small populations produce wide margins: Wilkinson County is 13.4% with a margin of error of ±6.5%; Carroll County is 1.6% with a margin of error of ±1.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Mississippi ranks 11th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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