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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. The median across all 82 is 6.1%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Jasper County, MS, up 36 places to #39.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01▲35Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+5.7 pts

02▲32Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+5.2 pts

03▲2Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−1.9 pts

04▼2Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−3.3 pts

05▼4Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−4.6 pts

06▲4Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+0.2 pts

07▲4Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+0.3 pts

08▼5Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−4.5 pts

09▲6Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−0.3 pts

10▼1Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−2.1 pts

11▲8Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+0.5 pts

12▼4Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−2.4 pts

13▲35Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+2.6 pts

14▼10Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−5.8 pts

15▲35Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+2.7 pts

16▼9Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−3.4 pts

17▼1Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−1.3 pts

18▼5Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−2.2 pts

19▲3Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−1.8 pts

20▲5Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−1.8 pts

21▼1Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−1.9 pts

22▼16George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−5.2 pts

23▲5Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−1.5 pts

24▲3Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−1.6 pts

25▲15Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−0.3 pts

26▲26Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+0.6 pts

27▼13Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−3.7 pts

28▼16Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−4.0 pts

29▲2Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−1.6 pts

30▼7Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−2.6 pts

31▲11Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−0.6 pts

32▲35Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+1.9 pts

33▲25Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+0.8 pts

34▼2Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−1.5 pts

35▼11Adams County, MSMS30,0616.4%−2.9 pts

36▼1Lowndes County, MSMS57,3466.3%−1.4 pts

37▲1Monroe County, MSMS33,3186.3%−1.3 pts

38▼21Washington County, MSMS40,4466.3%−3.8 pts

39▲36Jasper County, MSMS15,7856.2%+2.2 pts

40▼10Leake County, MSMS21,6626.2%−2.1 pts

41▲16Pearl River County, MSMS59,3636.1%+0.2 pts

42▲9Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3755.9%−0.8 pts

43▲2Pike County, MSMS38,7125.8%−1.3 pts

44▲2Amite County, MSMS12,4875.8%−1.3 pts

45▲20Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3175.8%+0.9 pts

46▼17Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8965.8%−2.7 pts

47▼8Copiah County, MSMS27,4975.8%−1.7 pts

48▲6Tippah County, MSMS21,3895.5%−0.6 pts

49▼5Scott County, MSMS28,0735.5%−1.7 pts

50▼9Attala County, MSMS17,1005.4%−1.9 pts

51▼30Issaquena County, MSMS1,2635.1%−4.3 pts

52▲30Itawamba County, MSMS24,1525.1%+3.5 pts

53▲6Lee County, MSMS83,7315.1%−0.5 pts

54▲2Hancock County, MSMS46,8735.0%−1.0 pts

55▲8Grenada County, MSMS20,8684.9%−0.4 pts

56▲21Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7304.9%+1.1 pts

57▼31Lamar County, MSMS67,4034.8%−4.3 pts

58▼9Warren County, MSMS41,7594.8%−1.9 pts

59▲17Newton County, MSMS20,9604.7%+0.9 pts

60▼27Montgomery County, MSMS9,3544.7%−3.4 pts

61▲17Calhoun County, MSMS12,6434.7%+1.1 pts

62Tate County, MSMS28,7254.7%−0.7 pts

63▼10Alcorn County, MSMS34,5694.6%−1.6 pts

64▼3Union County, MSMS28,4594.4%−1.0 pts

65▲7Smith County, MSMS13,9914.4%0.0 pts

66▼11Marshall County, MSMS34,6544.4%−1.7 pts

67▼20Simpson County, MSMS25,4984.4%−2.7 pts

68Rankin County, MSMS162,1814.4%−0.3 pts

69▼3Jones County, MSMS66,4964.0%−0.8 pts

70▲11Franklin County, MSMS7,4914.0%+1.9 pts

71▲2Madison County, MSMS116,2983.7%−0.7 pts

72▼12Covington County, MSMS17,8983.5%−2.0 pts

73▼3Prentiss County, MSMS25,2843.5%−1.1 pts

74▼5DeSoto County, MSMS197,9183.2%−1.4 pts

75▼11Lincoln County, MSMS35,0123.2%−2.1 pts

76▼5Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393.2%−1.3 pts

77▲3Benton County, MSMS7,5023.1%+0.6 pts

78▲1Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.1%−0.4 pts

79▼5Lafayette County, MSMS59,5972.1%−2.0 pts

80▼37Perry County, MSMS11,5772.0%−5.2 pts

81▼63Jefferson County, MSMS6,8251.8%−7.8 pts

82▼45Carroll County, MSMS9,2261.6%−6.0 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES