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Lowest unemployment, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the lowest 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 –

01Itawamba County, MSMS24,1521.6%–

02Franklin County, MSMS7,4912.1%–

03Benton County, MSMS7,5022.6%–

04Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.5%–

05Calhoun County, MSMS12,6433.6%–

06Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303.8%–

07Newton County, MSMS20,9603.9%–

08Jasper County, MSMS15,7854.0%–

09Lafayette County, MSMS59,5974.1%–

10Madison County, MSMS116,2984.4%–

11Smith County, MSMS13,9914.5%–

12Tishomingo County, MSMS18,6394.5%–

13Prentiss County, MSMS25,2844.5%–

14DeSoto County, MSMS197,9184.6%–

15Rankin County, MSMS162,1814.7%–

16Walthall County, MSMS13,9284.7%–

17Jones County, MSMS66,4964.8%–

18Lauderdale County, MSMS70,3174.9%–

19Lincoln County, MSMS35,0125.3%–

20Grenada County, MSMS20,8685.3%–

21Tate County, MSMS28,7255.4%–

22Union County, MSMS28,4595.4%–

23Covington County, MSMS17,8985.5%–

24Lee County, MSMS83,7315.6%–

25Webster County, MSMS10,1675.9%–

26Pearl River County, MSMS59,3635.9%–

27Hancock County, MSMS46,8736.1%–

28Marshall County, MSMS34,6546.1%–

29Tippah County, MSMS21,3896.1%–

30Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696.2%–

31Clarke County, MSMS15,1026.4%–

32Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3756.7%–

33Stone County, MSMS19,6546.7%–

34Warren County, MSMS41,7596.7%–

35Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9416.9%–

36Simpson County, MSMS25,4987.0%–

37Amite County, MSMS12,4877.1%–

38Pike County, MSMS38,7127.1%–

39Scott County, MSMS28,0737.2%–

40Perry County, MSMS11,5777.2%–

41Forrest County, MSMS79,0347.3%–

42Attala County, MSMS17,1007.3%–

43Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.4%–

44Copiah County, MSMS27,4977.4%–

45Monroe County, MSMS33,3187.6%–

46Carroll County, MSMS9,2267.7%–

47Wilkinson County, MSMS7,5827.7%–

48Lowndes County, MSMS57,3467.8%–

49Tunica County, MSMS8,8198.1%–

50Montgomery County, MSMS9,3548.1%–

51Panola County, MSMS32,6918.1%–

52Winston County, MSMS17,4738.3%–

53Leake County, MSMS21,6628.3%–

54Oktibbeha County, MSMS51,8968.5%–

55Clay County, MSMS18,2388.7%–

56Harrison County, MSMS217,1368.8%–

57Lamar County, MSMS67,4039.2%–

58Neshoba County, MSMS28,7329.2%–

59Adams County, MSMS30,0619.2%–

60Jackson County, MSMS147,6669.3%–

61Hinds County, MSMS211,8889.3%–

62Issaquena County, MSMS1,2639.4%–

63Marion County, MSMS24,0019.4%–

64Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.4%–

65Jefferson County, MSMS6,8259.7%–

66Washington County, MSMS40,44610.1%–

67Sharkey County, MSMS3,09710.4%–

68Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.5%–

69Wayne County, MSMS19,80710.7%–

70Noxubee County, MSMS9,79810.8%–

71Claiborne County, MSMS8,05810.9%–

72Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.0%–

73Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.5%–

74Coahoma County, MSMS19,84912.0%–

75Yazoo County, MSMS22,94712.1%–

76Lawrence County, MSMS11,81912.6%–

77George County, MSMS26,33112.6%–

78Humphreys County, MSMS7,00114.4%–

79Holmes County, MSMS15,46515.4%–

80Kemper County, MSMS8,60015.4%–

81Quitman County, MSMS5,36415.7%–

82Greene County, MSMS13,70716.5%–

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