Jefferson County, MS Unemployment Rate Report

Jefferson County, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Jefferson County, Mississippi has ranged from 9.0% in October 2000 to 35.8% in May 1991. The current unemployment rate for Jefferson County is 14.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Jefferson County, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

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Jefferson County, MS Current Unemployment - 14.3%

Jefferson County, MS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2022	16.4%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	14.4%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	11.2%	3.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	11.9%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	13.8%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	16.4%	4.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	15.3%	4.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	14.3%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2021	17.1%	6.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	15.9%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	16.7%	6.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	16.5%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	17.7%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	20.6%	7.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	19.1%	6.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	17.7%	5.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	15.4%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	13.0%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	12.0%	3.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	12.6%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2020	17.3%	5.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	13.9%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	12.0%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	21.3%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	18.3%	10.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	20.7%	9.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	23.1%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	20.7%	7.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	18.1%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	17.2%	7.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	16.6%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	17.4%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2019	14.9%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	14.3%	5.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	13.7%	5.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	11.3%	4.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	14.7%	5.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	18.5%	6.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	19.2%	6.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	18.0%	5.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	15.0%	5.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	13.5%	5.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	14.6%	5.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	17.3%	5.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2018	14.4%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	14.8%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	13.2%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	10.5%	4.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	11.8%	4.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	14.9%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	15.8%	5.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	15.9%	4.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	13.4%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	10.7%	4.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	10.2%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	12.2%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2017	16.9%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	16.7%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	15.3%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	12.2%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	13.0%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	18.0%	6.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	17.4%	5.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	16.6%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	12.6%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	11.5%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	11.6%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	12.9%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2016	15.2%	6.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	16.0%	6.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	15.6%	5.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	15.4%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	15.3%	5.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	18.4%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	19.3%	6.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	16.2%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	12.2%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	11.0%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	10.9%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	11.8%	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2015	16.2%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	14.3%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	14.3%	6.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	13.8%	5.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	14.9%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	17.9%	7.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	17.7%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	16.1%	6.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	12.9%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2015	12.2%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	13.0%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	14.4%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2014	19.0%	8.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	16.8%	8.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	16.9%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	15.0%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	17.1%	7.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	18.7%	8.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	19.0%	8.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	16.0%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	13.4%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	13.3%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	12.8%	6.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	14.2%	6.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2013	20.1%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	17.8%	9.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	17.8%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	17.7%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	21.2%	8.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	23.8%	9.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	22.9%	9.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	20.8%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	18.1%	8.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	18.0%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	16.2%	7.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	17.2%	7.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2012	17.6%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.0%	9.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	15.6%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	14.5%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.0%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	20.2%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	20.8%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	20.0%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	16.6%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	17.0%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	16.0%	8.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	17.1%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2011	18.3%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	18.1%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	17.3%	9.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	16.2%	9.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	20.1%	10.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	21.3%	10.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	21.2%	10.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	20.2%	9.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	18.3%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	18.0%	9.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	16.2%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	17.2%	9.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2010	20.2%	11.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	19.2%	11.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	19.0%	10.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	17.3%	9.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	19.3%	10.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	20.8%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	20.9%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	19.9%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	17.7%	9.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	16.3%	9.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	16.5%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	18.7%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2009	17.7%	8.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	17.0%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	16.0%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	15.0%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	17.0%	9.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	18.7%	9.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	18.7%	9.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	17.0%	9.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	15.5%	9.8%	9.8%
10 / 2009	14.8%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	14.9%	9.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	17.4%	10.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2008	13.4%	6.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	12.2%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	12.1%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	10.0%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	12.5%	6.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	15.5%	7.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	16.4%	7.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	14.7%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	12.3%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.5%	6.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	11.9%	6.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	15.3%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2007	14.8%	6.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	14.0%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	11.6%	6.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	10.7%	5.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	13.4%	6.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	15.5%	6.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	17.0%	6.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	14.4%	5.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	11.6%	5.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	10.8%	5.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	10.4%	5.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	12.7%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2006	12.8%	8.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.8%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	10.3%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	9.8%	5.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	10.7%	6.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	15.7%	7.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	16.6%	7.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	14.1%	6.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	11.6%	6.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	10.6%	5.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	11.4%	5.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	12.5%	6.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2005	14.3%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	14.5%	7.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	12.7%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	12.1%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	13.7%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	15.9%	7.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	16.8%	6.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	14.6%	6.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	17.4%	9.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	16.2%	9.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	15.1%	8.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	13.0%	7.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2004	13.3%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.2%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	11.2%	5.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	11.4%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	13.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	15.0%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	16.2%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	15.2%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	12.4%	6.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	12.7%	6.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	12.2%	6.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	14.0%	6.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2003	14.2%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.9%	6.6%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.6%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	12.1%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	13.6%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	15.1%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	15.0%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	13.3%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	11.0%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	12.0%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	11.5%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	12.5%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2002	13.1%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	12.2%	6.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.7%	6.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.9%	6.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	11.9%	6.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	13.4%	7.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	13.9%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	12.2%	6.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	10.3%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	11.4%	6.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	11.2%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	12.4%	6.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2001	12.0%	5.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	10.6%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	12.5%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	9.4%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	11.0%	4.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	13.0%	5.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	13.0%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	12.0%	5.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	11.6%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	11.9%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	12.2%	6.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	12.4%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2000	13.7%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	13.1%	5.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	12.2%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	12.2%	4.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	12.8%	5.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	13.4%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	12.5%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	11.5%	5.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	10.7%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	9.0%	5.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	10.4%	4.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	11.4%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1999	18.6%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	17.8%	5.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	16.9%	5.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	16.2%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	18.8%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	21.0%	5.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	17.8%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	18.9%	5.1%	4.2%
9 / 1999	16.5%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	17.6%	5.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	14.7%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	19.1%	5.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1998	18.9%	6.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	16.3%	5.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	16.1%	5.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	12.7%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	14.1%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	19.4%	6.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	18.4%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	17.7%	5.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	15.6%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	15.9%	5.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	14.5%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	17.0%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1997	17.5%	6.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	15.9%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	16.1%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	14.2%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	16.1%	5.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	18.1%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	16.5%	6.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	16.9%	6.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	12.4%	5.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	15.6%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	13.4%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	16.1%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1996	16.2%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	18.5%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	15.2%	6.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	15.1%	5.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	17.2%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	18.7%	6.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	17.2%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	15.3%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.3%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	12.4%	5.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	12.0%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	13.8%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1995	17.1%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	14.9%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	15.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	13.5%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	13.8%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	18.4%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	16.8%	6.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	16.0%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	12.6%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	16.4%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	14.7%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	16.1%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1994	18.3%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	17.1%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	16.9%	6.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	18.4%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	19.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	23.4%	7.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	19.6%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	20.0%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	14.7%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	15.1%	5.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	13.7%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	14.7%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1993	19.8%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1993	18.5%	7.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	17.5%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	18.0%	6.6%	7.1%
5 / 1993	19.8%	7.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	22.7%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	21.3%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	19.5%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	14.2%	6.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.9%	6.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.9%	5.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	14.4%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1992	24.0%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	23.3%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	21.5%	8.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	19.6%	7.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	22.8%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	28.0%	9.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	26.0%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	21.2%	8.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	16.4%	7.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	15.8%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	15.9%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	16.0%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1991	31.7%	9.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	32.2%	9.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	30.9%	9.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	28.9%	8.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	35.8%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	35.8%	10.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	31.0%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	25.9%	8.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	23.5%	7.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	22.0%	7.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	21.9%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	22.5%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Jefferson County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1990	24.0%	8.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	23.7%	7.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	21.3%	7.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	22.9%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	23.5%	7.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	25.2%	8.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	21.0%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	18.0%	7.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	14.1%	7.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	24.3%	7.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	28.1%	7.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	29.1%	7.9%	6.3%