Unemployment Rate in Lauderdale County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,368/3,222 · #36 in MS
27th
Lauderdale 5.6%
MS 5.7% -1.1%
US 5.3% +6.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lauderdale County's unemployment rate of 5.6% 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 Lauderdale County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,365 | Bexar County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,366 | Coconino County, AZ | 5.6% |
| #2,367 | Polk County, OR | 5.6% |
| #2,368 | Lauderdale County, MS | 5.6% |
| #2,369 | Greene County, NC | 5.6% |
| #2,370 | Clinton County, PA | 5.6% |
| #2,371 | Las Animas County, CO | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lauderdale County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,368 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 6.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #36 of 82. This places it in the 27th 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.