The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Aug 2026
Persons
Name Aug 2026 Jul 2026 Aug 2025
Mississippi
1,216,574 1,229,739 1,239,767
Adams County
9,231 9,238 9,436
Alcorn County
13,518 13,789 13,693
Amite County
4,271 4,240 4,302
Attala County
6,908 6,787 6,943
Benton County
3,088 3,113 3,190
Bolivar County
9,943 10,044 10,078
Calhoun County
5,079 5,114 5,179
Carroll County
2,982 3,010 3,146
Chickasaw County
5,410 5,499 5,595
Choctaw County
2,903 2,920 2,981
Claiborne County
2,568 2,555 2,553
Clarke County
5,685 5,790 5,874
Clay County
7,935 8,027 7,943
Coahoma County
6,127 6,167 6,435
Copiah County
10,428 10,543 10,663
Covington County
6,931 7,044 7,125
DeSoto County
93,812 94,685 96,257
Forrest County
34,278 34,878 34,895
Franklin County
2,566 2,558 2,599
George County
8,552 8,618 8,636
Greene County
2,750 2,779 2,790
Grenada County
7,689 7,778 7,911
Hancock County
21,304 21,650 21,640
Harrison County
89,411 90,867 90,816
Hinds County
92,526 93,576 94,385
Holmes County
4,936 4,989 5,038
Humphreys County
2,327 2,357 2,408
Issaquena County
272 274 281
Itawamba County
9,971 10,063 10,239
Jackson County
64,312 65,349 65,296
Jasper County
6,233 6,309 6,360
Jefferson County
2,166 2,153 2,186
Jefferson Davis County
5,071 5,088 5,204
Jones County
29,474 29,852 29,765
Kemper County
3,107 3,110 3,118
Lafayette County
28,367 28,073 27,462
Lamar County
28,921 29,433 29,452
Lauderdale County
27,043 27,211 27,561
Lawrence County
4,642 4,693 4,639
Leake County
8,426 8,554 8,641
Lee County
36,175 36,669 36,854
Leflore County
7,807 7,958 8,315
Lincoln County
13,636 13,644 13,736
Lowndes County
23,974 24,318 24,756
Madison County
55,937 56,579 57,064
Marion County
8,460 8,520 8,633
Marshall County
13,378 13,501 13,730
Monroe County
11,899 11,954 12,264
Montgomery County
3,718 3,723 3,756
Neshoba County
11,689 11,931 11,802
Newton County
7,556 7,627 7,813
Noxubee County
3,828 3,858 3,997
Oktibbeha County
21,195 21,143 21,584
Panola County
11,438 11,534 11,609
Pearl River County
23,674 23,973 24,045
Perry County
3,824 3,888 3,915
Pike County
13,346 13,427 13,574
Pontotoc County
11,499 11,649 11,819
Prentiss County
9,467 9,591 9,681
Quitman County
1,952 1,961 1,984
Rankin County
77,908 78,783 79,466
Scott County
11,044 11,170 11,305
Sharkey County
1,225 1,259 1,285
Simpson County
10,189 10,303 10,439
Smith County
5,283 5,341 5,433
Stone County
7,505 7,627 7,640
Sunflower County
8,246 8,310 8,404
Tallahatchie County
4,976 5,012 4,943
Tate County
11,710 11,815 12,039
Tippah County
9,249 9,344 9,518
Tishomingo County
7,332 7,384 7,388
Tunica County
3,462 3,490 3,582
Union County
12,506 12,631 12,775
Walthall County
4,660 4,653 4,888
Warren County
17,271 17,475 17,427
Washington County
14,797 15,042 15,320
Wayne County
7,171 7,258 7,343
Webster County
4,376 4,417 4,459
Wilkinson County
2,359 2,330 2,410
Winston County
7,344 7,426 7,456
Yalobusha County
4,977 4,984 5,026
Yazoo County
7,371 7,457 7,577
   

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