Unemployment Rate in Hancock County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #1,984/3,222 · #29 in MS
38th
Hancock 5.0%
MS 5.7% -13.1%
US 5.3% -6.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Hancock County's unemployment rate of 5.0% 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 Hancock County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,981 | Wirt County, WV | 4.9% |
| #1,982 | Milam County, TX | 5.0% |
| #1,983 | Taliaferro County, GA | 5.0% |
| #1,984 | Hancock County, MS | 5.0% |
| #1,985 | Schuyler County, IL | 5.0% |
| #1,986 | Campbell County, TN | 5.0% |
| #1,987 | Burleson County, TX | 5.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Hancock County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #1,984 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.5% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #29 of 82. This places it in the 38th 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.