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Highest unemployment, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000

01Greene County, MSMS13,70716.5%–

02Quitman County, MSMS5,36415.7%–

03Kemper County, MSMS8,60015.4%–

04Holmes County, MSMS15,46515.4%–

05Humphreys County, MSMS7,00114.4%–

06George County, MSMS26,33112.6%–

07Lawrence County, MSMS11,81912.6%–

08Yazoo County, MSMS22,94712.1%–

09Coahoma County, MSMS19,84912.0%–

10Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.5%–

11Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.0%–

12Claiborne County, MSMS8,05810.9%–

13Noxubee County, MSMS9,79810.8%–

14Wayne County, MSMS19,80710.7%–

15Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.5%–

16Sharkey County, MSMS3,09710.4%–

17Washington County, MSMS40,44610.1%–

18Jefferson County, MSMS6,8259.7%–

19Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.4%–

20Marion County, MSMS24,0019.4%–

21Issaquena County, MSMS1,2639.4%–

22Hinds County, MSMS211,8889.3%–

23Jackson County, MSMS147,6669.3%–

24Adams County, MSMS30,0619.2%–

25Neshoba County, MSMS28,7329.2%–

26Lamar County, MSMS67,4039.2%–

27Harrison County, MSMS217,1368.8%–

28Clay County, MSMS18,2388.7%–

29Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8968.5%–

30Leake County, MSMS21,6628.3%–

31Winston County, MSMS17,4738.3%–

32Panola County, MSMS32,6918.1%–

33Montgomery County, MSMS9,3548.1%–

34Tunica County, MSMS8,8198.1%–

35Lowndes County, MSMS57,3467.8%–

36Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5827.7%–

37Carroll County, MSMS9,2267.7%–

38Monroe County, MSMS33,3187.6%–

39Copiah County, MSMS27,4977.4%–

40Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.4%–

41Attala County, MSMS17,1007.3%–

42Forrest County, MSMS79,0347.3%–

43Perry County, MSMS11,5777.2%–

44Scott County, MSMS28,0737.2%–

45Pike County, MSMS38,7127.1%–

46Amite County, MSMS12,4877.1%–

47Simpson County, MSMS25,4987.0%–

48Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9416.9%–

49Warren County, MSMS41,7596.7%–

50Stone County, MSMS19,6546.7%–

51Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3756.7%–

52Clarke County, MSMS15,1026.4%–

53Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696.2%–

54Tippah County, MSMS21,3896.1%–

55Marshall County, MSMS34,6546.1%–

56Hancock County, MSMS46,8736.1%–

57Pearl River County, MSMS59,3635.9%–

58Webster County, MSMS10,1675.9%–

59Lee County, MSMS83,7315.6%–

60Covington County, MSMS17,8985.5%–

61Union County, MSMS28,4595.4%–

62Tate County, MSMS28,7255.4%–

63Grenada County, MSMS20,8685.3%–

64Lincoln County, MSMS35,0125.3%–

65Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3174.9%–

66Jones County, MSMS66,4964.8%–

67Walthall County, MSMS13,9284.7%–

68Rankin County, MSMS162,1814.7%–

69DeSoto County, MSMS197,9184.6%–

70Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844.5%–

71Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6394.5%–

72Smith County, MSMS13,9914.5%–

73Madison County, MSMS116,2984.4%–

74Lafayette County, MSMS59,5974.1%–

75Jasper County, MSMS15,7854.0%–

76Newton County, MSMS20,9603.9%–

77Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303.8%–

78Calhoun County, MSMS12,6433.6%–

79Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.5%–

80Benton County, MSMS7,5022.6%–

81Franklin County, MSMS7,4912.1%–

82Itawamba County, MSMS24,1521.6%–

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES