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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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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

01Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+74%

02Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+64%

03Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−13%

04Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−21%

05Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−28%

06Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+1%

07Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+3%

08Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−30%

09Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−3%

10Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−18%

11Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+5%

12Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−20%

13Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+38%

14Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−38%

15Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+40%

16Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−27%

17Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−13%

18Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−20%

19Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−19%

20Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−19%

21Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−20%

22George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−41%

23Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−17%

24Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−19%

25Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−4%

26Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+10%

27Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−34%

28Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−36%

29Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−19%

30Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−28%

31Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−8%

32Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+40%

33Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+13%

34Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−19%

35Adams County, MSMS30,0616.4%−31%

36Lowndes County, MSMS57,3466.3%−19%

37Monroe County, MSMS33,3186.3%−17%

38Washington County, MSMS40,4466.3%−38%

39Jasper County, MSMS15,7856.2%+56%

40Leake County, MSMS21,6626.2%−25%

41Pearl River County, MSMS59,3636.1%+3%

42Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3755.9%−12%

43Pike County, MSMS38,7125.8%−18%

44Amite County, MSMS12,4875.8%−18%

45Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3175.8%+17%

46Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8965.8%−32%

47Copiah County, MSMS27,4975.8%−22%

48Tippah County, MSMS21,3895.5%−10%

49Scott County, MSMS28,0735.5%−24%

50Attala County, MSMS17,1005.4%−26%

51Issaquena County, MSMS1,2635.1%−45%

52Itawamba County, MSMS24,1525.1%+211%

53Lee County, MSMS83,7315.1%−10%

54Hancock County, MSMS46,8735.0%−17%

55Grenada County, MSMS20,8684.9%−7%

56Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7304.9%+29%

57Lamar County, MSMS67,4034.8%−47%

58Warren County, MSMS41,7594.8%−28%

59Newton County, MSMS20,9604.7%+23%

60Montgomery County, MSMS9,3544.7%−42%

61Calhoun County, MSMS12,6434.7%+29%

62Tate County, MSMS28,7254.7%−13%

63Alcorn County, MSMS34,5694.6%−26%

64Union County, MSMS28,4594.4%−18%

65Smith County, MSMS13,9914.4%−0%

66Marshall County, MSMS34,6544.4%−29%

67Simpson County, MSMS25,4984.4%−38%

68Rankin County, MSMS162,1814.4%−7%

69Jones County, MSMS66,4964.0%−17%

70Franklin County, MSMS7,4914.0%+93%

71Madison County, MSMS116,2983.7%−16%

72Covington County, MSMS17,8983.5%−37%

73Prentiss County, MSMS25,2843.5%−24%

74DeSoto County, MSMS197,9183.2%−30%

75Lincoln County, MSMS35,0123.2%−39%

76Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6393.2%−30%

77Benton County, MSMS7,5023.1%+21%

78Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.1%−12%

79Lafayette County, MSMS59,5972.1%−49%

80Perry County, MSMS11,5772.0%−72%

81Jefferson County, MSMS6,8251.8%−81%

82Carroll County, MSMS9,2261.6%−79%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES