# Counties in Mississippi by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 82 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/mississippi-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/mississippi-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jefferson County | 9.1 |
| 2 | Issaquena County | 8.1 |
| 3 | Claiborne County | 7.2 |
| 4 | Coahoma County | 6.2 |
| 5 | Greene County | 5.9 |
| 6 | Holmes County | 5.7 |
| 6 | Leflore County | 5.7 |
| 8 | Humphreys County | 5.5 |
| 9 | Tunica County | 5 |
| 10 | Sharkey County | 4.8 |
| 11 | Adams County | 4.7 |
| 12 | Washington County | 4.6 |
| 13 | Bolivar County | 4.3 |
| 13 | Noxubee County | 4.3 |
| 15 | Chickasaw County | 4.2 |
| 15 | Kemper County | 4.2 |
| 15 | Sunflower County | 4.2 |
| 15 | Wilkinson County | 4.2 |
| 19 | Clay County | 4.1 |
| 19 | Yazoo County | 4.1 |
| 21 | Franklin County | 4 |
| 22 | Panola County | 3.9 |
| 23 | George County | 3.8 |
| 23 | Marshall County | 3.8 |
| 23 | Monroe County | 3.8 |
| 23 | Pike County | 3.8 |
| 23 | Quitman County | 3.8 |
| 28 | Amite County | 3.7 |
| 28 | Perry County | 3.7 |
| 30 | Carroll County | 3.6 |
| 30 | Jasper County | 3.6 |
| 30 | Lowndes County | 3.6 |
| 30 | Warren County | 3.6 |
| 34 | Choctaw County | 3.5 |
| 34 | Copiah County | 3.5 |
| 34 | Covington County | 3.5 |
| 34 | Grenada County | 3.5 |
| 38 | Clarke County | 3.4 |
| 38 | Hinds County | 3.4 |
| 38 | Marion County | 3.4 |
| 38 | Oktibbeha County | 3.4 |
| 38 | Walthall County | 3.4 |
| 38 | Wayne County | 3.4 |
| 44 | Benton County | 3.3 |
| 44 | Lauderdale County | 3.3 |
| 44 | Montgomery County | 3.3 |
| 44 | Newton County | 3.3 |
| 44 | Yalobusha County | 3.3 |
| 49 | Attala County | 3.2 |
| 49 | DeSoto County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Jefferson Davis County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Lawrence County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Lincoln County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Pontotoc County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Stone County | 3.2 |
| 49 | Winston County | 3.2 |
| 57 | Pearl River County | 3.1 |
| 57 | Prentiss County | 3.1 |
| 57 | Tate County | 3.1 |
| 57 | Tishomingo County | 3.1 |
| 61 | Forrest County | 3 |
| 61 | Harrison County | 3 |
| 61 | Itawamba County | 3 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 3 |
| 61 | Smith County | 3 |
| 66 | Alcorn County | 2.9 |
| 66 | Calhoun County | 2.9 |
| 66 | Lee County | 2.9 |
| 66 | Simpson County | 2.9 |
| 70 | Lamar County | 2.8 |
| 70 | Tallahatchie County | 2.8 |
| 72 | Neshoba County | 2.7 |
| 72 | Scott County | 2.7 |
| 72 | Tippah County | 2.7 |
| 75 | Hancock County | 2.6 |
| 75 | Lafayette County | 2.6 |
| 75 | Leake County | 2.6 |
| 75 | Madison County | 2.6 |
| 75 | Union County | 2.6 |
| 75 | Webster County | 2.6 |
| 81 | Jones County | 2.4 |
| 81 | Rankin County | 2.4 |