Unemployment Rate in Winston County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.7%
Rank #2,735/3,222 · #54 in MS
15th
Winston 6.7%
MS 5.7% +17.5%
US 5.3% +26.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Winston County's unemployment rate of 6.7% 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 Winston County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,732 | Beauregard Parish, LA | 6.7% |
| #2,733 | Middlesex County, NJ | 6.7% |
| #2,734 | Clark County, OH | 6.7% |
| #2,735 | Winston County, MS | 6.7% |
| #2,736 | Sacramento County, CA | 6.7% |
| #2,737 | Jeff Davis County, GA | 6.7% |
| #2,738 | Presidio County, TX | 6.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Winston County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 6.7%, ranking #2,735 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 26.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #54 of 82. This places it in the 15th 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.