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Highest unemployment, Mississippi counties

Mississippi counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020
01Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+5.7 pts
02Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+5.2 pts
03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−1.9 pts
04Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−3.3 pts
05Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−4.6 pts
06Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+0.2 pts
07Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+0.3 pts
08Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−4.5 pts
09Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−0.3 pts
10Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−2.1 pts
11Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+0.5 pts
12Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−2.4 pts
13Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+2.6 pts
14Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−5.8 pts
15Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+2.7 pts
16Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−3.4 pts
17Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−1.3 pts
18Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−2.2 pts
19Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−1.8 pts
20Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−1.8 pts
21Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−1.9 pts
22George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−5.2 pts
23Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−1.5 pts
24Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−1.6 pts
25Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−0.3 pts
26Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+0.6 pts
27Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−3.7 pts
28Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−4.0 pts
29Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−1.6 pts
30Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−2.6 pts
31Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−0.6 pts
32Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+1.9 pts
33Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+0.8 pts
34Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−1.5 pts
35Adams County, MSMS30,0616.4%−2.9 pts
36Lowndes County, MSMS57,3466.3%−1.4 pts
37Monroe County, MSMS33,3186.3%−1.3 pts
38Washington County, MSMS40,4466.3%−3.8 pts
39Jasper County, MSMS15,7856.2%+2.2 pts
40Leake County, MSMS21,6626.2%−2.1 pts
41Pearl River County, MSMS59,3636.1%+0.2 pts
42Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3755.9%−0.8 pts
43Pike County, MSMS38,7125.8%−1.3 pts
44Amite County, MSMS12,4875.8%−1.3 pts
45Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3175.8%+0.9 pts
46Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8965.8%−2.7 pts
47Copiah County, MSMS27,4975.8%−1.7 pts
48Tippah County, MSMS21,3895.5%−0.6 pts
49Scott County, MSMS28,0735.5%−1.7 pts
50Attala County, MSMS17,1005.4%−1.9 pts
51Issaquena County, MSMS1,2635.1%−4.3 pts
52Itawamba County, MSMS24,1525.1%+3.5 pts
53Lee County, MSMS83,7315.1%−0.5 pts
54Hancock County, MSMS46,8735.0%−1.0 pts
55Grenada County, MSMS20,8684.9%−0.4 pts
56Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7304.9%+1.1 pts
57Lamar County, MSMS67,4034.8%−4.3 pts
58Warren County, MSMS41,7594.8%−1.9 pts
59Newton County, MSMS20,9604.7%+0.9 pts
60Montgomery County, MSMS9,3544.7%−3.4 pts
61Calhoun County, MSMS12,6434.7%+1.1 pts
62Tate County, MSMS28,7254.7%−0.7 pts
63Alcorn County, MSMS34,5694.6%−1.6 pts
64Union County, MSMS28,4594.4%−1.0 pts
65Smith County, MSMS13,9914.4%−0.0 pts
66Marshall County, MSMS34,6544.4%−1.7 pts
67Simpson County, MSMS25,4984.4%−2.7 pts
68Rankin County, MSMS162,1814.4%−0.3 pts
69Jones County, MSMS66,4964.0%−0.8 pts
70Franklin County, MSMS7,4914.0%+1.9 pts
71Madison County, MSMS116,2983.7%−0.7 pts
72Covington County, MSMS17,8983.5%−2.0 pts
73Prentiss County, MSMS25,2843.5%−1.1 pts
74DeSoto County, MSMS197,9183.2%−1.4 pts
75Lincoln County, MSMS35,0123.2%−2.1 pts
76Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393.2%−1.3 pts
77Benton County, MSMS7,5023.1%+0.6 pts
78Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.1%−0.4 pts
79Lafayette County, MSMS59,5972.1%−2.0 pts
80Perry County, MSMS11,5772.0%−5.2 pts
81Jefferson County, MSMS6,8251.8%−7.8 pts
82Carroll County, MSMS9,2261.6%−6.0 pts
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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES