# Counties in Mississippi by unemployment 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: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 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/unemployment-rate-acs/mississippi-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Wilkinson County | 13.4 |
| 2 | Tunica County | 13.3 |
| 3 | Humphreys County | 12.5 |
| 4 | Quitman County | 12.4 |
| 5 | Greene County | 11.9 |
| 6 | Leflore County | 11.6 |
| 7 | Sunflower County | 11.2 |
| 8 | Kemper County | 10.8 |
| 9 | Tallahatchie County | 10.2 |
| 10 | Coahoma County | 9.9 |
| 11 | Choctaw County | 9.8 |
| 12 | Yazoo County | 9.7 |
| 13 | Jefferson Davis County | 9.6 |
| 14 | Holmes County | 9.5 |
| 15 | Stone County | 9.3 |
| 16 | Lawrence County | 9.2 |
| 17 | Sharkey County | 9.1 |
| 18 | Noxubee County | 8.6 |
| 19 | Hinds County | 7.5 |
| 20 | Marion County | 7.5 |
| 20 | Neshoba County | 7.5 |
| 22 | George County | 7.5 |
| 23 | Clay County | 7.2 |
| 24 | Harrison County | 7.2 |
| 25 | Bolivar County | 7.1 |
| 26 | Clarke County | 7 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 7 |
| 28 | Claiborne County | 6.9 |
| 29 | Winston County | 6.7 |
| 30 | Jackson County | 6.7 |
| 31 | Forrest County | 6.7 |
| 32 | Walthall County | 6.6 |
| 32 | Webster County | 6.6 |
| 34 | Panola County | 6.6 |
| 35 | Adams County | 6.4 |
| 36 | Lowndes County | 6.3 |
| 37 | Monroe County | 6.3 |
| 38 | Washington County | 6.3 |
| 39 | Jasper County | 6.2 |
| 39 | Leake County | 6.2 |
| 41 | Pearl River County | 6.1 |
| 42 | Yalobusha County | 5.9 |
| 43 | Amite County | 5.8 |
| 43 | Pike County | 5.8 |
| 45 | Lauderdale County | 5.8 |
| 46 | Oktibbeha County | 5.8 |
| 47 | Copiah County | 5.8 |
| 48 | Tippah County | 5.6 |
| 49 | Scott County | 5.5 |
| 50 | Attala County | 5.4 |
| 51 | Issaquena County | 5.1 |
| 51 | Itawamba County | 5.1 |
| 53 | Lee County | 5.1 |
| 54 | Hancock County | 5 |
| 55 | Grenada County | 4.9 |
| 56 | Chickasaw County | 4.9 |
| 57 | Lamar County | 4.8 |
| 58 | Warren County | 4.8 |
| 59 | Newton County | 4.7 |
| 60 | Montgomery County | 4.7 |
| 61 | Calhoun County | 4.7 |
| 62 | Tate County | 4.7 |
| 63 | Alcorn County | 4.6 |
| 64 | Smith County | 4.5 |
| 64 | Union County | 4.5 |
| 66 | Marshall County | 4.4 |
| 67 | Rankin County | 4.4 |
| 67 | Simpson County | 4.4 |
| 69 | Jones County | 4 |
| 70 | Franklin County | 4 |
| 71 | Madison County | 3.7 |
| 72 | Covington County | 3.5 |
| 72 | Prentiss County | 3.5 |
| 74 | DeSoto County | 3.2 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 3.2 |
| 76 | Tishomingo County | 3.2 |
| 77 | Benton County | 3.1 |
| 78 | Pontotoc County | 3.1 |
| 79 | Lafayette County | 2.1 |
| 80 | Perry County | 2 |
| 81 | Jefferson County | 1.8 |
| 82 | Carroll County | 1.6 |