High Unemployment Area
Benton County, MS Current Unemployment - 4.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Benton County, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
5.6%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.3%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.2%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.3%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.5%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.0%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.7%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.5%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
6.4%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.6%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
7.1%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.2%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.4%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.5%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.4%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.4%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.3%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.7%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.0%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.0%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
6.1%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.9%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.9%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.3%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.2%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.6%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.5%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.3%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.9%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
6.0%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.7%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.5%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.2%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.0%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.5%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.1%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
6.4%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.1%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
6.1%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.1%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
5.9%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.8%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.4%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.8%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.3%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.0%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.5%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.2%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.7%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.6%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.0%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.4%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
6.1%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.2%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.2%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.8%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.9%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.2%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.5%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.3%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.1%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.2%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
7.4%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.0%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.5%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.4%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.7%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.3%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.8%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.7%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.1%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.8%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.3%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.4%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
9.2%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.5%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.7%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.3%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.0%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.4%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.6%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.2%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.3%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.0%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.9%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.1%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
10.6%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.0%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.7%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.0%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.2%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.1%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.1%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.7%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.0%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.7%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
11.6%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.0%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.2%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.7%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.5%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.6%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.1%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.5%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.1%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.6%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.4%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.6%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
12.7%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.5%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.2%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.4%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.2%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.1%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.3%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.5%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.2%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.6%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
9.1%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.1%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
12.9%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.4%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.6%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.8%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.4%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.4%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.9%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.2%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.9%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.6%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.2%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.4%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
13.8%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.9%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.1%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.5%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.6%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.4%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.9%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.0%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.8%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.2%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.4%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.8%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
14.6%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.6%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.5%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.3%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.6%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.9%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.2%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
14.0%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.1%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.0%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.5%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.6%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
10.5%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
9.4%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
9.0%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
8.1%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
10.3%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
11.4%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
12.6%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
11.7%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
11.4%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
12.4%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.9%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
13.5%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
11.1%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.1%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.8%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.4%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.9%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.0%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.5%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
9.1%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
9.6%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
10.7%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
9.9%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
10.7%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
9.1%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.8%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.3%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.8%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.2%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.0%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.4%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.3%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
10.0%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
9.9%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
10.3%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
10.2%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
11.6%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
10.1%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.2%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.5%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.0%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.5%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
10.1%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
11.7%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.2%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.9%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
9.3%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
11.5%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
9.3%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.8%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.7%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.1%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.9%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.6%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.7%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.5%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.3%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
10.4%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.8%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
11.7%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
13.4%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
11.7%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
10.6%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
10.5%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.6%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.9%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.9%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.2%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.5%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.9%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.6%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.9%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
8.4%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.5%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.6%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.9%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
11.0%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
13.5%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.5%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.7%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
11.6%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
11.1%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.6%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.9%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
7.3%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.0%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.3%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.6%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.0%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.5%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.4%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
7.1%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.3%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.1%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.2%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.7%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
6.9%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.8%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.4%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.8%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.6%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.3%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.7%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.7%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.0%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.0%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.0%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.2%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
7.0%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.9%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.9%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.6%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.2%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.7%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.9%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.4%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.1%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.7%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.8%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.0%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
6.5%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.3%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.8%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.0%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
5.7%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.3%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.4%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.0%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.1%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.2%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.5%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.8%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
6.6%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.0%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.4%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.0%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.2%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.5%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.3%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.2%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.1%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.1%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
3.2%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.0%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
7.9%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
9.2%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.4%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.9%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.3%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
12.7%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.2%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.2%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.3%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.5%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.3%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
6.7%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
9.9%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.2%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.5%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
11.3%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
12.0%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
14.2%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.1%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
11.0%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.9%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.5%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.1%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.2%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
8.8%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.8%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.1%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.3%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
6.9%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.5%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.3%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.5%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.6%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.5%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
3.8%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.6%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
7.3%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
7.0%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
7.5%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.9%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.4%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.9%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.3%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
5.9%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.8%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.7%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
5.4%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.5%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
11.5%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.1%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.6%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.1%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.0%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.2%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.0%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
8.1%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
6.7%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.3%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.7%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.1%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
13.0%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
14.8%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
12.7%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
11.1%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.7%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
14.1%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.5%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.2%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.3%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.4%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.4%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.8%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Benton County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
10.3%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.1%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
13.1%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.9%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
14.3%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.0%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.1%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
8.2%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.3%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.1%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.5%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.0%
7.9%
6.3%