Moderate Unemployment Area
Monroe County, MS Current Unemployment - 3.8%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
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1999
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1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Monroe County, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
4.5%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.1%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.2%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.3%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.4%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.2%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.5%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.8%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
5.9%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.8%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.1%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.6%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.5%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.5%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.9%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.3%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.4%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.0%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.4%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.3%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
5.3%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.1%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.7%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
22.3%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.5%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.2%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.2%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.3%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.5%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.5%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.1%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
5.4%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.1%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.1%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.7%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.5%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.3%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.7%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.4%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.5%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.1%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.1%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
5.0%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.7%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.6%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.3%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.8%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.9%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.0%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.6%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.6%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.6%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.9%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
5.5%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.2%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.0%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.6%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.1%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.0%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.5%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.3%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.9%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.7%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.6%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.4%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
6.7%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.4%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.0%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.6%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.2%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.2%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.0%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.4%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.3%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.3%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.4%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
8.6%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.8%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.4%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.9%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.5%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.2%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.1%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.2%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.7%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.4%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.5%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.4%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
11.7%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.2%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.6%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.1%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.1%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.4%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.5%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.3%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.6%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.4%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.5%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
13.7%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.8%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.1%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.6%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.8%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.5%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.8%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.4%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.5%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
12.1%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.2%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.7%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
11.4%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
10.6%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.7%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.2%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.6%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.6%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.2%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.2%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.2%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.1%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.2%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.9%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
12.6%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.2%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.6%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.9%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.1%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.8%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.0%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.1%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.3%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
12.3%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.4%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.3%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
14.9%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.3%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.1%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.3%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.8%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.9%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.8%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.5%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.6%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.4%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.6%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.0%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
12.9%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.1%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.6%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.7%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.9%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.7%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.8%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.8%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.7%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.3%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.5%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.4%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
9.7%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.7%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.4%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.3%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
10.2%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.6%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.4%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.3%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
10.0%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
10.0%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.1%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
11.4%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
8.7%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.1%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.2%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
8.1%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.5%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.9%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
11.0%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
9.1%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
10.2%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
9.4%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
8.5%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
9.1%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
8.4%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.6%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.1%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.8%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.6%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.9%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
10.7%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.9%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
9.4%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
8.9%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.1%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
8.3%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
7.4%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.1%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.7%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.6%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.5%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.9%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.2%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.5%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.4%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.5%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.6%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.3%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
7.0%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.3%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.0%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
5.8%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.1%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.5%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.9%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.3%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.1%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.9%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.1%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.3%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
8.0%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.5%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
6.8%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.9%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.2%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.7%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.7%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.4%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.8%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.7%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.0%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.6%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
9.8%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.2%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.6%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.9%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.1%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.9%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.7%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.8%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.1%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.5%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.9%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
7.8%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
6.9%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.7%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.6%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.0%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.7%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.7%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
9.1%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.5%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.4%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.3%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.2%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.3%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
7.0%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.7%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.1%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.6%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.4%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.8%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.6%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.1%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.3%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.2%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.0%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
7.8%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.9%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
7.3%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.7%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.7%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
8.1%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.0%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.7%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.4%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.8%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.4%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.6%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
10.6%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
9.4%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
15.7%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.1%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.3%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
12.0%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
11.2%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
10.1%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
9.5%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.5%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.0%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.5%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
10.0%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.3%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.9%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.6%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.0%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
10.7%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.2%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
13.1%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.8%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
14.5%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.7%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
10.2%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
10.5%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.4%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.8%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
10.9%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.5%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
11.9%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.2%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.3%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.9%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
10.2%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.5%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.4%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
6.0%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.0%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
6.6%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.9%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.6%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
10.2%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.3%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.6%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.6%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.0%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
15.9%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
11.5%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
6.6%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
6.6%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
6.6%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
5.8%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
5.7%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.8%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.6%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.0%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.2%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.1%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.7%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.4%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
6.9%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
6.5%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
5.9%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.4%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.9%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.0%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.8%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.9%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
6.9%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.4%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
5.6%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
5.3%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
9.5%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.6%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
8.2%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.9%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.4%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.0%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.8%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.0%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.1%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.5%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
7.2%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
6.3%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
9.7%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
11.3%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
12.7%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.5%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.1%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.6%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.7%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
9.5%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.0%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.6%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.0%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
8.4%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Monroe County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
6.7%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
6.6%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
5.5%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.5%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.0%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.1%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.5%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
8.3%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
9.0%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.7%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.5%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.0%
7.9%
6.3%