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

not seasonally adjusted, September 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Mississippi .............................................. 1,299,299 1,171,811 127,488 9.8 

Individual and Public

Total ..................................................... 869,475 769,590 99,885 11.5 

Adams County .................................. 13,980 12,278 1,702 12.2 

Amite County .................................... 5,649 4,969 680 12.0 

Attala County .................................... 7,961 7,433 528 6.6 

Choctaw County ............................... 3,572 3,333 239 6.7 

Claiborne County .............................. 3,931 3,500 431 11.0 

Clarke County ................................... 7,293 6,693 600 8.2 

Copiah County .................................. 12,325 11,168 1,157 9.4 

Covington County ............................. 9,044 8,275 769 8.5 

Forrest County .................................. 34,496 31,261 3,235 9.4 

Franklin County ................................. 3,253 2,932 321 9.9 

George County ................................. 7,486 6,482 1,004 13.4 

Greene County ................................. 4,775 4,211 564 11.8 

Hancock County ............................... 19,028 14,044 4,984 26.2 

Harrison County ................................ 85,629 62,687 22,942 26.8 

Hinds County .................................... 120,419 111,762 8,657 7.2 

Jackson County ................................ 63,738 47,784 15,954 25.0 

Jasper County ................................... 7,409 6,809 600 8.1 

Jefferson County .............................. 3,117 2,618 499 16.0 

Jefferson Davis County .................... 5,411 4,719 692 12.8 

Jones County .................................... 29,756 27,650 2,106 7.1 

Kemper County ................................. 4,244 3,913 331 7.8 

Lamar County ................................... 20,446 18,771 1,675 8.2 

Lauderdale County ........................... 33,491 31,424 2,067 6.2 

Lawrence County .............................. 5,548 5,014 534 9.6 

Leake County .................................... 9,149 8,619 530 5.8 

Lincoln County .................................. 15,005 13,807 1,198 8.0 

Lowndes County ............................... 25,273 23,453 1,820 7.2 

Madison County ................................ 40,890 38,739 2,151 5.3 

Marion County .................................. 10,782 9,463 1,319 12.2 

Neshoba County ............................... 14,750 13,982 768 5.2 

Newton County ................................. 9,977 9,417 560 5.6 

Noxubee County ............................... 4,398 3,932 466 10.6 

Oktibbeha County ............................. 19,068 17,946 1,122 5.9 

Pearl River County ............................ 21,125 17,079 4,046 19.2 

Perry County ..................................... 5,021 4,496 525 10.5 

Pike County ...................................... 16,213 14,225 1,988 12.3 

Rankin County .................................. 66,241 63,422 2,819 4.3 

Scott County ..................................... 13,468 12,757 711 5.3 

Simpson County ............................... 11,678 10,879 799 6.8 

Smith County .................................... 6,935 6,493 442 6.4 

Stone County .................................... 5,593 4,671 922 16.5 

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, September 2005r

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Unemployment

Level Rate

Individual and Public -- continued

Walthall County ................................ 6,452 5,427 1,025 15.9 

Warren County ................................. 24,156 22,521 1,635 6.8 

Wayne County .................................. 8,743 8,113 630 7.2 

Wilkinson County .............................. 4,096 3,332 764 18.7 

Winston County ................................ 7,616 7,084 532 7.0 

Yazoo County ................................... 10,845 10,003 842 7.8 

Public

Total ..................................................... 429,835 402,225 27,610 6.4 

Alcorn County ................................... 15,819 14,888 931 5.9 

Benton County .................................. 2,968 2,724 244 8.2 

Bolivar County .................................. 16,143 14,869 1,274 7.9 

Calhoun County ................................ 6,707 6,335 372 5.5 

Carroll County ................................... 4,930 4,637 293 5.9 

Chickasaw County ............................ 7,974 7,253 721 9.0 

Clay County ...................................... 8,691 7,712 979 11.3 

Coahoma County .............................. 11,198 10,241 957 8.5 

DeSoto County ................................. 65,691 63,414 2,277 3.5 

Grenada County ............................... 10,006 9,335 671 6.7 

Holmes County ................................. 7,184 6,479 705 9.8 

Humphreys County ........................... 5,133 4,818 315 6.1 

Issaquena County ............................. 947 886 61 6.4 

Itawamba County .............................. 10,673 10,051 622 5.8 

Lafayette County ............................... 20,621 19,723 898 4.4 

Lee County ....................................... 39,228 36,958 2,270 5.8 

Leflore County .................................. 14,030 12,913 1,117 8.0 

Marshall County ................................ 15,193 14,222 971 6.4 

Monroe County ................................. 17,338 15,901 1,437 8.3 

Montgomery County ......................... 4,704 4,373 331 7.0 

Panola County .................................. 14,658 13,550 1,108 7.6 

Pontotoc County ............................... 13,526 12,751 775 5.7 

Prentiss County ................................ 12,206 11,450 756 6.2 

Quitman County ................................ 4,309 4,000 309 7.2 

Sharkey County ................................ 3,159 2,951 208 6.6 

Sunflower County ............................. 11,655 10,713 942 8.1 

Tallahatchie County .......................... 6,266 5,847 419 6.7 

Tate County ...................................... 11,631 11,010 621 5.3 

Tippah County .................................. 9,374 8,836 538 5.7 

Tishomingo County ........................... 8,164 7,591 573 7.0 

Tunica County ................................... 4,368 3,962 406 9.3 

Union County .................................... 11,631 10,978 653 5.6 

Washington County .......................... 25,001 22,763 2,238 9.0 

Webster County ................................ 3,381 3,131 250 7.4 

Yalobusha County ............................ 5,328 4,960 368 6.9 

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Employment Civilian 

labor force Area and type of assistance

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

December 7, 2005