Unemployed people in Columbus, MS

Unemployed people in Columbus, MS was 441 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% from 2024. That is the 11th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

2025, persons441

Change on 2024+26.7%

Rank11th of 19Cities in Mississippi ranked

Series high1,6682009

Series low3382023

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Unemployed people in Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	441
2024	348
2023	338
2022	425
2021	611
2020	920
2019	583
2018	541
2017	598
2016	715
2015	766
2014	1,022
2013	1,142
2012	1,118
2011	1,276
2010	1,383
2009	1,668
2008	1,222
2007	1,204
2006	923
2005	1,107
2004	994
2003	1,088
2002	1,290
2001	1,007
2000	833
1999	1,033
1998	1,405
1997	1,278
1996	1,163
1995	956
1994	1,068
1993	1,071
1992	1,336
1991	1,411
1990	1,102

Rankings

US cities by unemployed people 1706 places
Cities in Mississippi by unemployed people 19 places

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/columbus-ms. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/columbus-ms.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/columbus-ms (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Unemployed people, Columbus, MS, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/columbus-ms. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the unemployed people in Columbus, MS?

Unemployed people in Columbus, MS was 441 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 26.7% from 2024. That is the 11th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Columbus, MS?

1,668 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Unemployed people elsewhere in Mississippi

Jackson, MS

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