Unemployment Rate in Monroe County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.3%
Rank #2,628/3,222 · #47 in MS
18th
Monroe 6.3%
MS 5.7% +10.6%
US 5.3% +18.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's unemployment rate of 6.3% 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 Monroe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,625 | Suffolk County, MA | 6.3% |
| #2,626 | Mercer County, NJ | 6.3% |
| #2,627 | Clay County, AR | 6.3% |
| #2,628 | Monroe County, MS | 6.3% |
| #2,629 | Greensville County, VA | 6.3% |
| #2,630 | Solano County, CA | 6.3% |
| #2,631 | Jim Hogg County, TX | 6.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Monroe County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 6.3%, ranking #2,628 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 18.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #47 of 82. This places it in the 18th 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.