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

not seasonally adjusted, October 2005r

Unemployment

Level Rate

Mississippi .............................................. 1,299,629 1,186,785 112,844 8.7 

Individual and Public

Total ..................................................... 866,780 782,126 84,654 9.8 

Adams County .................................. 14,027 12,369 1,658 11.8 

Amite County .................................... 5,787 5,127 660 11.4 

Attala County .................................... 8,022 7,476 546 6.8 

Choctaw County ............................... 3,594 3,363 231 6.4 

Claiborne County .............................. 3,900 3,478 422 10.8 

Clarke County ................................... 7,251 6,706 545 7.5 

Copiah County .................................. 12,262 11,146 1,116 9.1 

Covington County ............................. 9,257 8,671 586 6.3 

Forrest County .................................. 34,585 32,317 2,268 6.6 

Franklin County ................................. 3,348 3,047 301 9.0 

George County ................................. 7,354 6,691 663 9.0 

Greene County ................................. 4,968 4,570 398 8.0 

Hancock County ............................... 18,881 14,363 4,518 23.9 

Harrison County ................................ 83,481 64,112 19,369 23.2 

Hinds County .................................... 120,166 111,545 8,621 7.2 

Jackson County ................................ 59,235 49,328 9,907 16.7 

Jasper County ................................... 7,609 7,064 545 7.2 

Jefferson County .............................. 3,083 2,626 457 14.8 

Jefferson Davis County .................... 5,564 5,030 534 9.6 

Jones County .................................... 30,313 28,685 1,628 5.4 

Kemper County ................................. 4,259 3,920 339 8.0 

Lamar County ................................... 20,737 19,405 1,332 6.4 

Lauderdale County ........................... 33,600 31,487 2,113 6.3 

Lawrence County .............................. 5,650 5,194 456 8.1 

Leake County .................................... 9,115 8,587 528 5.8 

Lincoln County .................................. 15,137 14,021 1,116 7.4 

Lowndes County ............................... 25,309 23,488 1,821 7.2 

Madison County ................................ 40,817 38,664 2,153 5.3 

Marion County .................................. 11,096 10,100 996 9.0 

Neshoba County ............................... 14,598 13,840 758 5.2 

Newton County ................................. 10,101 9,546 555 5.5 

Noxubee County ............................... 4,480 4,013 467 10.4 

Oktibbeha County ............................. 19,113 17,951 1,162 6.1 

Pearl River County ............................ 22,619 19,151 3,468 15.3 

Perry County ..................................... 5,014 4,647 367 7.3 

Pike County ...................................... 16,429 14,678 1,751 10.7 

Rankin County .................................. 66,054 63,299 2,755 4.2 

Scott County ..................................... 13,561 12,852 709 5.2 

Simpson County ............................... 11,621 10,858 763 6.6 

Smith County .................................... 7,095 6,690 405 5.7 

Stone County .................................... 5,387 4,777 610 11.3 

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, October 2005r

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Unemployment

Level Rate

Individual and Public -- continued

Walthall County ................................ 6,786 6,022 764 11.3 

Warren County ................................. 24,071 22,409 1,662 6.9 

Wayne County .................................. 8,960 8,408 552 6.2 

Wilkinson County .............................. 4,089 3,351 738 18.0 

Winston County ................................ 7,566 7,036 530 7.0 

Yazoo County ................................... 10,829 10,018 811 7.5 

Public

Total ..................................................... 432,848 404,660 28,188 6.5 

Alcorn County ................................... 15,831 14,868 963 6.1 

Benton County .................................. 2,986 2,730 256 8.6 

Bolivar County .................................. 16,375 15,102 1,273 7.8 

Calhoun County ................................ 6,808 6,420 388 5.7 

Carroll County ................................... 4,947 4,646 301 6.1 

Chickasaw County ............................ 8,057 7,360 697 8.7 

Clay County ...................................... 8,899 7,905 994 11.2 

Coahoma County .............................. 11,302 10,334 968 8.6 

DeSoto County ................................. 66,254 63,627 2,627 4.0 

Grenada County ............................... 10,019 9,361 658 6.6 

Holmes County ................................. 7,233 6,523 710 9.8 

Humphreys County ........................... 5,181 4,864 317 6.1 

Issaquena County ............................. 992 914 78 7.9 

Itawamba County .............................. 10,716 10,109 607 5.7 

Lafayette County ............................... 20,707 19,807 900 4.3 

Lee County ....................................... 39,405 37,173 2,232 5.7 

Leflore County .................................. 14,060 12,936 1,124 8.0 

Marshall County ................................ 15,306 14,269 1,037 6.8 

Monroe County ................................. 17,369 15,994 1,375 7.9 

Montgomery County ......................... 4,664 4,330 334 7.2 

Panola County .................................. 14,897 13,728 1,169 7.8 

Pontotoc County ............................... 13,595 12,825 770 5.7 

Prentiss County ................................ 12,242 11,475 767 6.3 

Quitman County ................................ 4,461 4,154 307 6.9 

Sharkey County ................................ 3,243 3,047 196 6.0 

Sunflower County ............................. 11,706 10,747 959 8.2 

Tallahatchie County .......................... 6,440 6,015 425 6.6 

Tate County ...................................... 11,804 11,047 757 6.4 

Tippah County .................................. 9,405 8,881 524 5.6 

Tishomingo County ........................... 8,102 7,557 545 6.7 

Tunica County ................................... 4,385 3,975 410 9.4 

Union County .................................... 11,552 10,902 650 5.6 

Washington County .......................... 25,148 22,897 2,251 9.0 

Webster County ................................ 3,431 3,185 246 7.2 

Yalobusha County ............................ 5,326 4,953 373 7.0 

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Employment Civilian

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U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

January 4, 2006