# Cities in Mississippi by employed residents, 2025

All 19 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/mississippi-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jackson, MS | 62,198 |
| 2 | Gulfport, MS | 30,714 |
| 3 | Southaven, MS | 28,079 |
| 4 | Olive Branch, MS | 24,587 |
| 5 | Hattiesburg, MS | 22,596 |
| 6 | Biloxi, MS | 20,510 |
| 7 | Tupelo, MS | 17,132 |
| 8 | Pearl, MS | 15,510 |
| 9 | Madison, MS | 13,908 |
| 10 | Oxford, MS | 13,669 |
| 11 | Meridian, MS | 12,971 |
| 12 | Clinton, MS | 12,597 |
| 13 | Horn Lake, MS | 12,537 |
| 14 | Brandon, MS | 12,171 |
| 15 | Starkville, MS | 11,997 |
| 16 | Columbus, MS | 9,571 |
| 17 | Greenville, MS | 9,521 |
| 18 | Pascagoula, MS | 8,295 |
| 19 | Vicksburg, MS | 7,743 |