Unemployment Rate in Kemper County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
10.8%
Rank #3,126/3,222 · #75 in MS
3th
Kemper 10.8%
MS 5.7% +89.9%
US 5.3% +104.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Kemper County's unemployment rate of 10.8% 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 Kemper County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,123 | Barceloneta Municipio, PR | 10.8% |
| #3,124 | Menard County, TX | 10.8% |
| #3,125 | Buffalo County, SD | 10.8% |
| #3,126 | Kemper County, MS | 10.8% |
| #3,127 | St. John the Baptist Parish, LA | 10.8% |
| #3,128 | Lafayette County, FL | 10.9% |
| #3,129 | Scotland County, NC | 10.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Kemper County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 10.8%, ranking #3,126 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 104.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #75 of 82. This places it in the 3th 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.