Unemployed people in Mississippi

as of September, 2021:

73,982

Note: Seasonally adjusted value

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Unemployment Rate

5.8%

Labor Force

1,275,285

Employment

1,201,303

Employment-Population Ratio

52.5%

Labor Force Participation Rate

55.8%

Employment Indicators by County

County Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate Labor Force
Adams 9,608 729 7.1 10,337
Alcorn 14,609 628 4.1 15,237
Amite 4,096 273 6.2 4,369
Attala 6,591 344 5.0 6,935
Benton 2,921 163 5.3 3,084
Bolivar 10,616 634 5.6 11,250
Calhoun 5,064 227 4.3 5,291
Carroll 3,298 180 5.2 3,478
Chickasaw 6,460 375 5.5 6,835
Choctaw 3,394 151 4.3 3,545
Claiborne 2,658 290 9.8 2,948
Clarke 5,447 311 5.4 5,758
Clay 7,111 485 6.4 7,596
Coahoma 7,333 601 7.6 7,934
Copiah 10,220 592 5.5 10,812
Covington 8,119 334 4.0 8,453
DeSoto 90,785 3,332 3.5 94,117
Forrest 31,733 1,598 4.8 33,331
Franklin 2,574 157 5.7 2,731
George 8,487 540 6.0 9,027
Greene 4,032 290 6.7 4,322
Grenada 8,644 369 4.1 9,013
Hancock 18,463 954 4.9 19,417
Harrison 85,077 4,003 4.5 89,080
Hinds 99,051 5,348 5.1 104,399
Holmes 4,398 489 10.0 4,887
Humphreys 1,860 222 10.7 2,082
Issaquena 298 24 7.5 322
Itawamba 9,845 395 3.9 10,240
Jackson 56,744 3,073 5.1 59,817
Jasper 5,521 338 5.8 5,859
Jefferson 1,527 282 15.6 1,809
Jefferson Davis 3,825 258 6.3 4,083
Jones 23,894 1,182 4.7 25,076
Kemper 3,079 220 6.7 3,299
Lafayette 27,461 980 3.4 28,441
Lamar 30,092 1,100 3.5 31,192
Lauderdale 27,942 1,331 4.5 29,273
Lawrence 4,329 266 5.8 4,595
Leake 7,672 376 4.7 8,048
Lee 39,175 1,605 3.9 40,780
Leflore 9,118 676 6.9 9,794
Lincoln 14,282 634 4.3 14,916
Lowndes 24,140 1,280 5.0 25,420
Madison 51,257 1,935 3.6 53,192
Marion 9,761 459 4.5 10,220
Marshall 13,920 668 4.6 14,588
Monroe 14,743 708 4.6 15,451
Montgomery 3,557 199 5.3 3,756
Neshoba 9,310 484 4.9 9,794
Newton 7,500 376 4.8 7,876
Noxubee 3,486 287 7.6 3,773
Oktibbeha 21,909 1,045 4.6 22,954
Panola 11,824 748 5.9 12,572
Pearl River 21,996 1,140 4.9 23,136
Perry 4,032 240 5.6 4,272
Pike 13,630 880 6.1 14,510
Pontotoc 14,196 540 3.7 14,736
Prentiss 10,385 421 3.9 10,806
Quitman 2,109 165 7.3 2,274
Rankin 73,680 2,389 3.1 76,069
Scott 12,258 487 3.8 12,745
Sharkey 1,286 108 7.7 1,394
Simpson 10,098 458 4.3 10,556
Smith 6,450 252 3.8 6,702
Stone 6,831 320 4.5 7,151
Sunflower 6,512 563 8.0 7,075
Tallahatchie 4,529 245 5.1 4,774
Tate 11,711 577 4.7 12,288
Tippah 9,203 361 3.8 9,564
Tishomingo 8,239 336 3.9 8,575
Tunica 4,067 295 6.8 4,362
Union 13,733 472 3.3 14,205
Walthall 4,752 303 6.0 5,055
Warren 18,503 1,026 5.3 19,529
Washington 14,476 1,098 7.1 15,574
Wayne 6,819 405 5.6 7,224
Webster 3,727 189 4.8 3,916
Wilkinson 2,432 262 9.7 2,694
Winston 6,816 373 5.2 7,189
Yalobusha 4,760 224 4.5 4,984
Yazoo 9,164 588 6.0 9,752