# Counties in Mississippi by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 82 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | DeSoto County | 67.2 |
| 2 | Madison County | 64.7 |
| 3 | Lamar County | 64.2 |
| 4 | Rankin County | 63.9 |
| 5 | Forrest County | 62.6 |
| 6 | Lee County | 62.3 |
| 7 | Tunica County | 60.9 |
| 8 | Harrison County | 60.5 |
| 9 | Jackson County | 60.3 |
| 10 | Hinds County | 59.6 |
| 11 | Tippah County | 59.3 |
| 12 | Attala County | 59 |
| 13 | Pontotoc County | 58.8 |
| 14 | Warren County | 58.5 |
| 15 | Tate County | 58.4 |
| 16 | Itawamba County | 58.2 |
| 17 | Hancock County | 57.6 |
| 18 | Lowndes County | 57.3 |
| 19 | Grenada County | 57.1 |
| 20 | Neshoba County | 57.1 |
| 21 | Oktibbeha County | 57 |
| 22 | Webster County | 56.8 |
| 23 | Lauderdale County | 56.3 |
| 24 | Alcorn County | 56.2 |
| 25 | Pearl River County | 56.1 |
| 26 | Union County | 55.6 |
| 27 | Jones County | 55.6 |
| 28 | Clay County | 55.2 |
| 29 | Sharkey County | 55.2 |
| 30 | Lafayette County | 55.1 |
| 31 | Monroe County | 54.8 |
| 32 | Marshall County | 54.7 |
| 33 | Scott County | 54.7 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 54.7 |
| 35 | Leflore County | 54.6 |
| 36 | Tishomingo County | 54.5 |
| 37 | Prentiss County | 54.4 |
| 38 | Benton County | 54.3 |
| 39 | Coahoma County | 54.2 |
| 40 | Marion County | 54.1 |
| 41 | Quitman County | 53.9 |
| 42 | Simpson County | 53.9 |
| 43 | Jefferson Davis County | 53.5 |
| 44 | Covington County | 53.2 |
| 45 | Calhoun County | 53.2 |
| 46 | Yalobusha County | 52.8 |
| 47 | Washington County | 52.6 |
| 48 | Jasper County | 52.6 |
| 49 | Lincoln County | 52.5 |
| 50 | Kemper County | 52.4 |
| 51 | Chickasaw County | 52.4 |
| 52 | Panola County | 52.3 |
| 53 | Clarke County | 51.9 |
| 54 | Leake County | 51.9 |
| 55 | Choctaw County | 51.8 |
| 56 | George County | 51.5 |
| 57 | Pike County | 51.5 |
| 58 | Stone County | 51.4 |
| 59 | Montgomery County | 51.1 |
| 60 | Winston County | 50.7 |
| 61 | Newton County | 50.7 |
| 62 | Tallahatchie County | 50.7 |
| 63 | Sunflower County | 50.6 |
| 64 | Copiah County | 50.5 |
| 65 | Smith County | 50.5 |
| 66 | Humphreys County | 50.4 |
| 67 | Walthall County | 50.1 |
| 68 | Perry County | 49.9 |
| 69 | Bolivar County | 49.2 |
| 70 | Carroll County | 48.7 |
| 71 | Lawrence County | 48.6 |
| 72 | Noxubee County | 48.1 |
| 73 | Franklin County | 47.9 |
| 74 | Adams County | 47.3 |
| 75 | Holmes County | 44.8 |
| 76 | Jefferson County | 43.2 |
| 77 | Yazoo County | 42.4 |
| 78 | Amite County | 40.9 |
| 79 | Wilkinson County | 39.2 |
| 80 | Claiborne County | 38.6 |
| 81 | Greene County | 35.5 |
| 82 | Issaquena County | 21.5 |