Benton County, MS Unemployment Rate Report

Benton County, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Benton County, Mississippi has ranged from 3.2% in November 1997 to 14.9% in June 2009. The current unemployment rate for Benton County is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Benton County, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Benton County, MS Current Unemployment - 4.5%

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%