Unemployment Rate in Yazoo County, MS
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.7%
Rank #3,073/3,222 · #71 in MS
5th
Yazoo 9.7%
MS 5.7% +70.2%
US 5.3% +83.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
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Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Yazoo County's unemployment rate of 9.7% 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 Yazoo County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,070 | Holmes County, MS | 9.5% |
| #3,071 | Jack County, TX | 9.6% |
| #3,072 | Pemiscot County, MO | 9.7% |
| #3,073 | Yazoo County, MS | 9.7% |
| #3,074 | Cataño Municipio, PR | 9.7% |
| #3,075 | Richmond County, NC | 9.7% |
| #3,076 | Choctaw County, MS | 9.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Yazoo County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 9.7%, ranking #3,073 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 83.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Mississippi, it ranks #71 of 82. This places it in the 5th 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.