Unemployment Rate in Jackson County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.6%
Rank #2,710/3,222 · #49 in MS
16th
Jackson 6.6%
MS 5.7% +15.4%
US 5.3% +24.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Jackson County's unemployment rate of 6.6% 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 Jackson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,707 | Corozal Municipio, PR | 6.6% |
| #2,708 | Bradley County, TN | 6.6% |
| #2,709 | Sabine Parish, LA | 6.6% |
| #2,710 | Jackson County, MS | 6.6% |
| #2,711 | Liberty County, FL | 6.6% |
| #2,712 | Panola County, MS | 6.6% |
| #2,713 | Peach County, GA | 6.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Jackson County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 6.6%, ranking #2,710 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #49 of 82. This places it in the 16th 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.