Unemployment Rate in Pearl River County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.1%
Rank #2,570/3,222 · #43 in MS
20th
Pearl River 6.1%
MS 5.7% +7.0%
US 5.3% +15.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pearl River County's unemployment rate of 6.1% 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 Pearl River County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,567 | Jim Wells County, TX | 6.1% |
| #2,568 | Coles County, IL | 6.1% |
| #2,569 | Palo Pinto County, TX | 6.1% |
| #2,570 | Pearl River County, MS | 6.1% |
| #2,571 | Henderson County, TN | 6.1% |
| #2,572 | Santa Cruz County, CA | 6.1% |
| #2,573 | Cumberland County, NC | 6.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pearl River County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 6.1%, ranking #2,570 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.1% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #43 of 82. This places it in the 20th 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.