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Lowest unemployment, Mississippi counties · 2020

Mississippi counties ranked by the lowest 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

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