High Unemployment Area
Washington County, MS Current Unemployment - 5.5%
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
Washington County, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
7.5%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.6%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.3%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.5%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.6%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.4%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.3%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.5%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
10.0%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.5%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.3%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
8.6%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
8.8%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.0%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.8%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.1%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
6.9%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
6.2%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.6%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.4%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
7.9%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.4%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
6.6%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.7%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.5%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.3%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
13.8%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
11.4%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
10.6%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.5%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
9.0%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
9.1%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
8.4%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
7.8%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
7.5%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.4%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.0%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.6%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
8.4%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
7.5%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.1%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.9%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.2%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.9%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
7.7%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.3%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.9%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.9%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.1%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.7%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.2%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.9%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.3%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.1%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.6%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
7.1%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
8.1%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.9%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.1%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.6%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.7%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.3%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
7.8%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.4%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.2%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.1%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.6%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.0%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
10.8%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.2%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.9%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.0%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.5%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
10.0%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
10.0%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.2%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.0%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.5%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.8%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
8.4%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
12.3%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
11.2%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.2%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.5%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.7%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
11.6%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
10.9%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
10.3%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
9.1%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.6%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.5%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
9.8%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
16.0%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
14.4%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
13.7%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
11.9%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
12.5%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
13.0%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
13.9%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
12.0%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.9%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
10.6%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
10.4%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
11.4%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
16.7%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
15.4%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
14.1%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
13.5%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
14.4%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
16.2%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
15.4%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
14.4%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
14.1%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
14.5%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
13.1%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
13.7%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
16.1%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
15.2%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.7%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.7%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
14.0%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
15.8%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
16.3%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
15.4%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
13.9%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
14.0%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.6%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
14.3%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
15.6%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
15.8%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.7%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.2%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
16.7%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
17.4%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
17.0%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
16.5%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.7%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.4%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
14.1%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
14.8%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
17.6%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
17.2%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
16.4%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.3%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
15.2%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.6%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
17.2%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
16.0%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.9%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.0%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.8%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
15.7%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
12.9%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.5%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.8%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.2%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.7%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.6%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.3%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.5%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.8%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.2%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.9%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
15.7%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
9.5%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.6%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.3%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.5%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.8%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
10.3%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.6%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
10.0%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.5%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.0%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.2%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
11.1%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
9.8%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.7%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.2%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.5%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.0%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.7%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.5%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.0%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.5%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.4%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.8%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.6%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
11.5%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
11.3%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.1%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.0%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.3%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
10.3%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
10.4%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
9.3%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.3%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
8.1%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.6%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
9.2%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
12.1%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
12.6%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
11.6%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
10.5%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
11.0%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
12.1%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
11.5%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
10.6%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
9.3%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
9.7%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
10.4%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
10.7%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
9.9%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.0%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.0%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.9%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.9%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
10.6%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.1%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.7%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.3%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.3%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.6%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
10.6%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
11.1%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.0%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.2%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.3%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.8%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
10.4%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.2%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.4%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.8%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.8%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.2%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.3%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
12.9%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.5%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.4%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.7%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.2%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.9%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.6%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.2%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.8%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.9%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.0%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.7%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
8.8%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.9%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.6%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.3%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.0%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.2%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.7%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.0%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.4%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.8%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.1%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.2%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
8.7%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.2%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.5%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.0%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.5%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.5%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.0%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.5%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.8%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.9%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.7%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
7.6%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
12.0%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
11.2%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
9.9%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
8.5%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.9%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.5%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.5%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.0%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.4%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.3%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.9%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
9.6%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
10.1%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
9.0%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.8%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.7%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.3%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.3%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.9%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.2%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.5%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.1%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.6%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
9.9%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
11.5%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.4%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.6%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.8%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
9.6%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
10.3%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.9%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
9.3%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.4%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.9%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.4%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
8.3%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
11.6%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
11.0%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.5%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.0%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.8%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.1%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
10.2%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.9%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.0%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.9%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.0%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
10.0%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
11.5%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.9%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.6%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.3%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.6%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
11.5%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.4%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.3%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.1%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
8.9%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
10.2%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.5%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
12.2%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.7%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.8%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.6%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.8%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.8%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.4%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.6%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.2%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.9%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.7%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
10.0%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
12.7%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
11.8%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.5%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.5%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
12.5%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.7%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.6%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.5%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.4%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.2%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.6%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
9.6%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
12.7%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.5%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.2%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.9%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
13.2%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
14.6%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.0%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
13.5%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
12.2%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
11.2%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.5%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
11.0%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
12.3%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
12.2%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.9%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
10.7%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.7%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
13.0%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
11.0%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
11.1%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.6%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.4%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
11.2%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
12.1%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Washington County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
12.3%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
11.6%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.4%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.7%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.4%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.0%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.6%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.9%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.6%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
9.1%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.8%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
10.9%
7.9%
6.3%