Holmes County, MS Unemployment Rate Report

Holmes County, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Holmes County, Mississippi has ranged from 6.7% in November 1994 to 27.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Holmes County is 7.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Holmes County, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

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Holmes County, MS Current Unemployment - 7.1%

Holmes County, MS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2022	9.6%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.4%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.7%	3.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	7.3%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.2%	4.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	8.6%	4.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	7.1%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2021	13.1%	6.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	12.4%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	12.3%	6.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	11.1%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	11.6%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	13.5%	7.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	13.1%	6.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	11.2%	5.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	9.4%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.1%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.4%	3.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	7.1%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2020	10.2%	5.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	9.3%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	8.6%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	27.5%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	20.7%	10.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	20.2%	9.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	19.3%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	15.8%	7.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	14.4%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	14.0%	7.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.9%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.2%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2019	10.7%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	10.0%	5.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	9.7%	5.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	8.8%	4.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	10.7%	5.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	12.2%	6.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	12.5%	6.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	10.2%	5.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	9.7%	5.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	9.4%	5.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	9.3%	5.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	10.0%	5.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2018	10.2%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	9.6%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	9.1%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	8.0%	4.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	8.9%	4.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	10.6%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	10.3%	5.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	8.5%	4.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	8.2%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	7.9%	4.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	7.9%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	8.7%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2017	11.0%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	10.5%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	9.7%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	8.6%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	8.7%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	10.5%	6.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	11.3%	5.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	9.2%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	8.5%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.8%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	8.1%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	8.6%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2016	12.9%	6.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	12.6%	6.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	11.5%	5.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	10.1%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	9.9%	5.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	12.4%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	13.0%	6.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	11.4%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	9.1%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	9.1%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.1%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	10.1%	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2015	14.7%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	12.9%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	12.3%	6.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	11.0%	5.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.9%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	13.6%	7.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	13.8%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	12.4%	6.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	10.5%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.9%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	10.4%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	11.1%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2014	18.8%	8.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	17.2%	8.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	16.2%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	13.8%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	14.7%	7.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	16.5%	8.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	18.6%	8.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	14.6%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	12.4%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	12.1%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	11.7%	6.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	13.2%	6.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2013	18.8%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	18.1%	9.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	16.8%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	15.5%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	16.2%	8.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	18.8%	9.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	19.3%	9.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	16.7%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	15.2%	8.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	16.3%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	14.6%	7.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	15.6%	7.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2012	18.3%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	17.4%	9.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	16.1%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	14.8%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	15.5%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	18.1%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	18.5%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	17.4%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	16.0%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	15.6%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.3%	8.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	16.5%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2011	19.5%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	19.2%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	17.5%	9.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	16.7%	9.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	18.0%	10.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	20.0%	10.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	19.5%	10.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	18.4%	9.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.8%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	16.5%	9.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	15.9%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	17.2%	9.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2010	22.1%	11.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	21.4%	11.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	20.7%	10.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	18.5%	9.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	19.3%	10.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	20.9%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	21.3%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	19.1%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	17.6%	9.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	17.6%	9.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	17.5%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	19.4%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2009	18.9%	8.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	19.5%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	18.6%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	17.5%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	18.7%	9.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	20.2%	9.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	20.2%	9.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	19.1%	9.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	19.3%	9.8%	9.8%
10 / 2009	18.9%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	18.8%	9.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	20.5%	10.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2008	12.5%	6.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.1%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.8%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.1%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	10.5%	6.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	12.8%	7.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	14.9%	7.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	14.6%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	13.4%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	13.1%	6.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	13.8%	6.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	17.9%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2007	12.8%	6.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	12.3%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	10.2%	6.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	9.6%	5.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	9.8%	6.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	12.2%	6.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	12.7%	6.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	10.9%	5.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	9.6%	5.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	9.3%	5.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.6%	5.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	11.2%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2006	12.2%	8.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	11.7%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	9.6%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.4%	5.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.7%	6.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	11.4%	7.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	12.3%	7.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	10.7%	6.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.9%	6.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	8.7%	5.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	9.4%	5.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	10.8%	6.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2005	13.0%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	13.0%	7.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	11.8%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	10.7%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	11.0%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	13.1%	7.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	12.8%	6.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	12.5%	6.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	9.8%	9.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	10.1%	9.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.7%	8.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	11.8%	7.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2004	11.8%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.0%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	10.6%	5.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.5%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	10.4%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	12.5%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	13.2%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	11.5%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	9.6%	6.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	9.8%	6.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	9.6%	6.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	12.0%	6.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2003	13.1%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.6%	6.6%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.4%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	11.0%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	11.1%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	14.0%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	13.2%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	11.4%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	9.4%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	9.2%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.3%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.9%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2002	15.3%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	14.4%	6.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	13.2%	6.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	11.6%	6.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.7%	6.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	12.9%	7.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	12.5%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	11.3%	6.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.5%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	10.1%	6.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	9.7%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.6%	6.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2001	15.4%	5.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	13.7%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	12.7%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	11.6%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	11.3%	4.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	13.4%	5.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	13.4%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	12.2%	5.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	10.7%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	11.7%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	11.2%	6.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	12.8%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2000	15.6%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	15.8%	5.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	13.7%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	12.1%	4.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	12.5%	5.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	14.2%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	12.9%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	12.6%	5.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	10.4%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	9.9%	5.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	12.9%	4.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	14.4%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1999	13.1%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	14.0%	5.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	12.4%	5.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	10.5%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	14.6%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	20.7%	5.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	21.5%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	22.5%	5.1%	4.2%
9 / 1999	19.9%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	19.8%	5.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	17.3%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	20.8%	5.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1998	15.2%	6.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	13.6%	5.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	12.4%	5.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.6%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	9.7%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	12.0%	6.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	16.5%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	10.3%	5.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.3%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.5%	5.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.5%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	10.5%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1997	13.0%	6.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.7%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.3%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.6%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	10.5%	5.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	13.4%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	17.8%	6.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	11.5%	6.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.3%	5.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.3%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.2%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	12.0%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1996	23.8%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	12.1%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.2%	6.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.8%	5.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.7%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	12.5%	6.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	19.8%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	9.9%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.3%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.2%	5.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.8%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.7%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1995	25.0%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	11.8%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	10.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.2%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.7%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	14.7%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	23.2%	6.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	11.2%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.2%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.0%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.3%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.2%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1994	14.8%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.0%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	11.5%	6.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.4%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	13.7%	7.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	14.6%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	12.1%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.2%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.5%	5.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.7%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	9.1%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1993	14.2%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1993	13.2%	7.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	12.1%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.2%	6.6%	7.1%
5 / 1993	10.9%	7.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.9%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.1%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	10.6%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.3%	6.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.8%	6.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.5%	5.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	10.3%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1992	15.7%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	14.9%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	13.5%	8.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.5%	7.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.0%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.5%	9.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.8%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.7%	8.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.3%	7.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.6%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.8%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	13.1%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1991	17.9%	9.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	21.1%	9.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	14.2%	9.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.6%	8.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	16.0%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	18.2%	10.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	16.3%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	13.1%	8.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.1%	7.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.0%	7.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.8%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.7%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Holmes County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1990	19.6%	8.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	14.8%	7.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	12.8%	7.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	11.1%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	10.2%	7.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	14.1%	8.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	13.3%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	13.0%	7.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	11.8%	7.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	9.7%	7.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	12.3%	7.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	16.6%	7.9%	6.3%