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