Labor force and unemployment data and type of disaster assistance by county in Mississippi,

not seasonally adjusted, August 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Mississippi .............................................. 1,348,337 1,253,468 94,869 7.0 

Individual and Public

Total ..................................................... 904,260 843,575 60,685 6.7 

Adams County .................................. 13,865 12,648 1,217 8.8 

Amite County .................................... 5,551 5,135 416 7.5 

Attala County .................................... 8,276 7,623 653 7.9 

Choctaw County ............................... 3,706 3,399 307 8.3 

Claiborne County .............................. 3,876 3,416 460 11.9 

Clarke County ................................... 7,407 6,824 583 7.9 

Copiah County .................................. 12,681 11,646 1,035 8.2 

Covington County ............................. 9,333 8,708 625 6.7 

Forrest County .................................. 36,217 33,782 2,435 6.7 

Franklin County ................................. 3,307 3,020 287 8.7 

George County ................................. 8,973 8,110 863 9.6 

Greene County ................................. 5,089 4,577 512 10.1 

Hancock County ............................... 20,714 19,496 1,218 5.9 

Harrison County ................................ 92,364 87,026 5,338 5.8 

Hinds County .................................... 124,812 116,550 8,262 6.6 

Jackson County ................................ 63,652 59,782 3,870 6.1 

Jasper County ................................... 7,707 7,081 626 8.1 

Jefferson County .............................. 3,035 2,577 458 15.1 

Jefferson Davis County .................... 5,564 4,961 603 10.8 

Jones County .................................... 30,519 28,756 1,763 5.8 

Kemper County ................................. 4,391 3,989 402 9.2 

Lamar County ................................... 21,471 20,285 1,186 5.5 

Lauderdale County ........................... 34,585 32,037 2,548 7.4 

Lawrence County .............................. 5,653 5,197 456 8.1 

Leake County .................................... 9,510 8,848 662 7.0 

Lincoln County .................................. 15,441 14,328 1,113 7.2 

Lowndes County ............................... 26,024 23,998 2,026 7.8 

Madison County ................................ 42,672 40,399 2,273 5.3 

Marion County .................................. 11,068 10,151 917 8.3 

Neshoba County ............................... 15,704 14,740 964 6.1 

Newton County ................................. 10,211 9,566 645 6.3 

Noxubee County ............................... 4,612 4,110 502 10.9 

Oktibbeha County ............................. 19,217 17,936 1,281 6.7 

Pearl River County ............................ 22,346 20,863 1,483 6.6 

Perry County ..................................... 5,319 4,858 461 8.7 

Pike County ...................................... 16,021 14,700 1,321 8.2 

Rankin County .................................. 69,452 66,140 3,312 4.8 

Scott County ..................................... 14,047 13,200 847 6.0 

Simpson County ............................... 12,135 11,345 790 6.5 

Smith County .................................... 7,350 6,904 446 6.1 

Stone County .................................... 6,965 6,484 481 6.9 

Employment Civilian 

labor force Area and type of assistance
Labor force and unemployment data and type of disaster assistance by county in Mississippi,

not seasonally adjusted, August 2005r

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Unemployment

Level Rate

Individual and Public -- continued

Walthall County ................................ 6,314 5,814 500 7.9 

Warren County ................................. 25,000 23,276 1,724 6.9 

Wayne County .................................. 9,106 8,463 643 7.1 

Wilkinson County .............................. 3,822 3,386 436 11.4 

Winston County ................................ 7,950 7,300 650 8.2 

Yazoo County ................................... 11,226 10,141 1,085 9.7 

Public

Total ..................................................... 444,077 409,893 34,184 7.7 

Alcorn County ................................... 16,463 15,299 1,164 7.1 

Benton County .................................. 3,202 2,787 415 13.0 

Bolivar County .................................. 16,211 14,738 1,473 9.1 

Calhoun County ................................ 6,957 6,472 485 7.0 

Carroll County ................................... 5,081 4,703 378 7.4 

Chickasaw County ............................ 8,342 7,463 879 10.5 

Clay County ...................................... 9,027 8,008 1,019 11.3 

Coahoma County .............................. 11,579 10,340 1,239 10.7 

DeSoto County ................................. 67,154 64,739 2,415 3.6 

Grenada County ............................... 10,419 9,655 764 7.3 

Holmes County ................................. 7,315 6,286 1,029 14.1 

Humphreys County ........................... 5,163 4,740 423 8.2 

Issaquena County ............................. 955 881 74 7.7 

Itawamba County .............................. 11,190 10,379 811 7.2 

Lafayette County ............................... 21,093 19,997 1,096 5.2 

Lee County ....................................... 40,973 38,164 2,809 6.9 

Leflore County .................................. 14,557 13,097 1,460 10.0 

Marshall County ................................ 16,277 14,519 1,758 10.8 

Monroe County ................................. 18,084 16,391 1,693 9.4 

Montgomery County ......................... 4,840 4,412 428 8.8 

Panola County .................................. 15,265 13,988 1,277 8.4 

Pontotoc County ............................... 13,985 13,167 818 5.8 

Prentiss County ................................ 12,681 11,703 978 7.7 

Quitman County ................................ 4,380 4,031 349 8.0 

Sharkey County ................................ 3,219 2,937 282 8.8 

Sunflower County ............................. 11,689 10,476 1,213 10.4 

Tallahatchie County .......................... 6,428 5,887 541 8.4 

Tate County ...................................... 11,863 11,240 623 5.3 

Tippah County .................................. 9,812 9,083 729 7.4 

Tishomingo County ........................... 8,489 7,710 779 9.2 

Tunica County ................................... 4,303 4,045 258 6.0 

Union County .................................... 12,052 11,228 824 6.8 

Washington County .......................... 25,991 23,054 2,937 11.3 

Webster County ................................ 3,497 3,197 300 8.6 

Yalobusha County ............................ 5,541 5,077 464 8.4 

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=revised

Employment Civilian 

labor force Area and type of assistance

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

November 9, 2005