Unemployment Rate in Lee County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #2,027/3,222 · #30 in MS
37th
Lee 5.0%
MS 5.7% -11.9%
US 5.3% -5.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lee 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 Lee County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,024 | Gadsden County, FL | 5.0% |
| #2,025 | Graham County, KS | 5.0% |
| #2,026 | Montcalm County, MI | 5.0% |
| #2,027 | Lee County, MS | 5.0% |
| #2,028 | St. Louis city, MO | 5.0% |
| #2,029 | Cass County, MI | 5.0% |
| #2,030 | Marion County, IN | 5.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lee County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #2,027 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #30 of 82. This places it in the 37th 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.