| Civilian Labor Force, 2021 | Persons Employed, 2021 | Persons Unemployed, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, 2021 | Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021 |
|
United States | 161,204,000 | 152,581,000 | 8,623,000 | 5.3% | 100.0% |
Appalachian Region | 12,035,551 | 11,468,696 | 566,855 | 4.7% | 88.0% |
Mississippi | 1,254,239 | 1,184,401 | 69,838 | 5.6% | 104.1% |
Appalachian Mississippi | 268,300 | 254,069 | 14,231 | 5.3% | 99.2% |
|
County |
Alcorn | 15,128 | 14,407 | 721 | 4.8% | 89.1% |
Benton | 3,041 | 2,846 | 195 | 6.4% | 119.9% |
Calhoun | 5,422 | 5,138 | 284 | 5.2% | 97.9% |
Chickasaw | 6,870 | 6,437 | 433 | 6.3% | 117.8% |
Choctaw | 3,565 | 3,394 | 171 | 4.8% | 89.7% |
Clay | 8,027 | 7,453 | 574 | 7.2% | 133.7% |
Itawamba | 10,326 | 9,883 | 443 | 4.3% | 80.2% |
Kemper | 3,282 | 3,038 | 244 | 7.4% | 139.0% |
Lee | 41,213 | 39,311 | 1,902 | 4.6% | 86.3% |
Lowndes | 24,797 | 23,333 | 1,464 | 5.9% | 110.4% |
Marshall | 14,217 | 13,391 | 826 | 5.8% | 108.6% |
Monroe | 15,758 | 14,938 | 820 | 5.2% | 97.3% |
Montgomery | 3,877 | 3,641 | 236 | 6.1% | 113.8% |
Noxubee | 3,597 | 3,276 | 321 | 8.9% | 166.8% |
Oktibbeha | 22,478 | 21,246 | 1,232 | 5.5% | 102.5% |
Panola | 12,578 | 11,686 | 892 | 7.1% | 132.6% |
Pontotoc | 15,007 | 14,341 | 666 | 4.4% | 83.0% |
Prentiss | 11,272 | 10,777 | 495 | 4.4% | 82.1% |
Tippah | 9,427 | 8,993 | 434 | 4.6% | 86.1% |
Tishomingo | 8,317 | 7,938 | 379 | 4.6% | 85.2% |
Union | 14,078 | 13,505 | 573 | 4.1% | 76.1% |
Webster | 3,941 | 3,729 | 212 | 5.4% | 100.6% |
Winston | 7,180 | 6,735 | 445 | 6.2% | 115.9% |
Yalobusha | 4,902 | 4,633 | 269 | 5.5% | 102.6% |