Unemployment Rate in Clay County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.2%
Rank #2,839/3,222 · #60 in MS
12th
Clay 7.2%
MS 5.7% +26.8%
US 5.3% +36.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Clay County's unemployment rate of 7.2% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Clay County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,836 | Harmon County, OK | 7.2% |
| #2,837 | Salinas Municipio, PR | 7.2% |
| #2,838 | Bullock County, AL | 7.2% |
| #2,839 | Clay County, MS | 7.2% |
| #2,840 | Chambers County, TX | 7.2% |
| #2,841 | Toa Alta Municipio, PR | 7.2% |
| #2,842 | Steuben County, IN | 7.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Clay County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 7.2%, ranking #2,839 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 36.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #60 of 82. This places it in the 12th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.