Unemployment Rate for Counties in Mississippi - May 2026

of the 82 Counties in Mississippi Jefferson County has the highest unemployment rate at 8.1%. The County with lowest unemployment rate is Rankin County at 3.2%. The current unemployment rate for all of Mississippi is 3.8%.

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Mississippi Counties Unemployment Rate Map

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List of Counties in Mississippi With Current Unemployment Rate - May 2026

Map KeyNameUnemployment Level
Adams County6.0%
Alcorn County3.9%
Amite County5.0%
Attala County4.4%
Benton County4.5%
Bolivar County5.2%
Calhoun County3.8%
Carroll County5.0%
Chickasaw County4.8%
Choctaw County4.7%
Claiborne County7.7%
Clarke County4.5%
Clay County4.9%
Coahoma County7.2%
Copiah County4.4%
Covington County4.4%
DeSoto County4.0%
Forrest County4.0%
Franklin County5.0%
George County5.3%
Greene County7.5%
Grenada County4.6%
Hancock County3.7%
Harrison County4.1%
Hinds County4.3%
Holmes County7.0%
Humphreys County6.3%
Issaquena County7.6%
Itawamba County3.9%
Jackson County4.1%
Jasper County4.7%
Jefferson County8.1%
Jefferson Davis County4.1%
Jones County3.4%
Kemper County5.4%
Lafayette County3.4%
Lamar County3.7%
Lauderdale County4.4%
Lawrence County4.3%
Leake County3.9%
Lee County3.8%
Leflore County6.1%
Lincoln County4.4%
Lowndes County4.4%
Madison County3.5%
Marion County4.6%
Marshall County4.7%
Monroe County4.9%
Montgomery County4.4%
Neshoba County4.0%
Newton County4.4%
Noxubee County5.0%
Oktibbeha County4.5%
Panola County4.9%
Pearl River County4.1%
Perry County5.1%
Pike County5.2%
Pontotoc County4.2%
Prentiss County4.2%
Quitman County5.3%
Rankin County3.2%
Scott County3.7%
Sharkey County5.2%
Simpson County4.3%
Smith County4.2%
Stone County4.4%
Sunflower County5.2%
Tallahatchie County3.6%
Tate County4.2%
Tippah County3.6%
Tishomingo County4.2%
Tunica County5.6%
Union County3.5%
Walthall County5.2%
Warren County4.7%
Washington County5.4%
Wayne County4.6%
Webster County3.6%
Wilkinson County5.7%
Winston County4.4%
Yalobusha County4.2%
Yazoo County5.1%

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