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Highest unemployment, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2020 ACS). This list covers the 82 counties in Mississippi that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 82 is 7.3%.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS –

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 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS