High Unemployment Area
Clay County, MS Current Unemployment - 4.6%
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
Clay County, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
6.0%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.3%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.2%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.5%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.6%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.1%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.6%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
9.0%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.0%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.6%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.7%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.6%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.6%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.8%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.0%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.9%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.4%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.7%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.6%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
7.6%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.1%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.7%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
23.6%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
15.3%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
14.5%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
14.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.4%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
10.9%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.7%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
9.0%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.8%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
6.4%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.6%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.0%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.1%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.0%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.7%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
9.2%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
7.3%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.2%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
7.5%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
8.1%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
8.1%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
6.4%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.0%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.7%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.2%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.9%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.5%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.7%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.0%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.8%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.8%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.6%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.6%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
7.7%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.9%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.5%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.9%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.5%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.1%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.6%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.8%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.2%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.2%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.1%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.9%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
8.6%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.1%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.7%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.4%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.2%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.0%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.4%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.9%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
7.5%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.1%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.7%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.0%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
11.5%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.3%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.6%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.8%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.8%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
10.9%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.6%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.1%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.8%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.3%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.5%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
8.3%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
16.2%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
14.8%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
14.4%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
12.3%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
13.6%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
14.7%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
15.1%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
12.7%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
11.9%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
11.5%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.7%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
11.2%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
16.7%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
15.6%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
15.1%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
14.0%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
15.2%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
16.9%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
17.1%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
15.5%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
15.1%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
15.8%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
14.4%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
14.4%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
14.7%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.5%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.9%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.8%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.7%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.9%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
15.4%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
14.2%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
13.9%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
14.4%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
14.1%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
15.1%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
15.2%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.7%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.0%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.0%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
15.2%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.0%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
16.3%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.0%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.5%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
15.0%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
14.0%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
14.5%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
17.7%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
17.5%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
17.5%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
15.1%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
15.9%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.4%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
16.9%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
16.5%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
15.9%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
15.4%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
15.8%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
15.7%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
15.3%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
15.2%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
15.2%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
15.0%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
16.7%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
17.5%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
19.6%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
18.6%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
19.7%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
20.2%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
19.6%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
20.4%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
13.8%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
12.6%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
11.9%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
10.8%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
12.6%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
13.0%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
13.2%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
12.4%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
12.5%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
13.8%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
13.3%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
14.0%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
12.6%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
11.7%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
10.9%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
15.9%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
17.4%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
16.9%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
18.4%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
15.6%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
16.5%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
13.3%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
14.1%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
14.3%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
11.0%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
10.3%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.1%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.4%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
9.5%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
10.2%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
12.2%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
11.3%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
11.8%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
11.2%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
11.5%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
11.9%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
9.2%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.3%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.8%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.5%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.9%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
11.0%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
11.0%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
10.2%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
11.7%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
12.5%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
12.7%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
11.8%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
9.2%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.8%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.2%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.5%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.0%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
10.4%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.2%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.9%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
10.1%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.6%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.0%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
9.1%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
9.3%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.4%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.3%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.8%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
9.9%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.7%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.7%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.8%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.8%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.9%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.5%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.6%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
10.4%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.2%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.2%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.2%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.6%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.3%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.1%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.6%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.1%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.9%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.2%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.4%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
7.0%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.4%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.4%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.4%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
7.7%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.8%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.2%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.3%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.8%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.3%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.3%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.1%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
6.4%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.2%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.2%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.6%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.6%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.2%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.7%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.5%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.7%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.6%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.4%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.6%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
7.0%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.4%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.2%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.6%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.5%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
8.4%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.0%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.0%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.5%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.1%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.8%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.9%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
11.5%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
9.5%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
10.1%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
8.9%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
9.5%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.1%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.1%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.3%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.6%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.7%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.0%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.9%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
9.7%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.3%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.9%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.7%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
9.5%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
11.9%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
12.1%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.2%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
15.8%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
13.0%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.9%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
10.2%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
8.1%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.8%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.1%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.3%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.5%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
14.5%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
12.1%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
11.2%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
12.2%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
11.2%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.8%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.5%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
9.6%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.7%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.5%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.0%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
11.3%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
12.6%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.8%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
13.4%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.7%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.1%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.1%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.0%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
11.5%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.4%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.7%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
12.0%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
11.7%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
12.4%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.2%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
11.6%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.9%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
10.2%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.0%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.3%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
8.2%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.3%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.8%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.9%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.7%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.1%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.2%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.9%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.9%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.2%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.7%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.1%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
9.6%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.9%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.4%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.6%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
11.2%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
13.5%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.8%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
12.1%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.5%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.9%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.4%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.8%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
9.6%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.4%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
14.3%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.4%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.0%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
12.5%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.0%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.6%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.3%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.3%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.8%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.9%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Clay County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
9.4%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.1%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
9.3%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.5%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.4%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
12.4%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.6%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
12.8%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
12.1%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.7%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.3%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.3%
7.9%
6.3%