High Unemployment Area
Houston, 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
Houston, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
5.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.6%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.6%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.8%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.0%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.1%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.1%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.6%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
7.1%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.6%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
8.0%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.2%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.7%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.9%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.2%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.4%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.4%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.6%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.1%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.8%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
5.2%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.0%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.8%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
29.7%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.6%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.7%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
13.4%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.5%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.5%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.1%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.0%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.9%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
5.6%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.3%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.0%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.8%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.7%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.5%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.9%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.8%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.6%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.8%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.3%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.2%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
5.1%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.8%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.5%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.6%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.9%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.1%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.9%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.0%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.9%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.8%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.9%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.8%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
5.8%
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
5.3%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.3%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.3%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.3%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.0%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.8%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.7%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.6%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
7.0%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.5%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.2%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.7%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.9%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.1%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.5%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.1%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.0%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.7%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.7%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
8.7%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.0%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.6%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.2%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.6%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.3%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.2%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.7%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.4%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.0%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.0%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.8%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
11.0%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.3%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.9%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.7%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.9%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.3%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
11.1%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.1%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.5%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.4%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.4%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.8%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
11.7%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.6%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.9%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.5%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.6%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.7%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.9%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.6%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.5%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.1%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.4%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.1%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
10.8%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.8%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.8%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.7%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.8%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.8%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.8%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.6%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.9%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.0%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.0%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.4%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
12.2%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.9%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
10.9%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.7%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.6%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.3%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.2%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.1%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.4%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.7%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.8%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.7%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
13.2%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.7%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
12.5%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.1%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
12.0%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.9%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.4%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.6%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.9%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.4%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.9%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.3%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
13.7%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.8%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.7%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.3%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.9%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.0%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.3%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.2%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.6%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.9%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.2%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.6%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
9.8%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
9.1%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.6%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.5%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
12.6%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
11.1%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
11.5%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
10.8%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
11.9%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
11.7%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.3%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.5%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
10.1%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.7%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
9.1%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
8.2%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
9.8%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
10.8%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
12.2%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
10.2%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
10.7%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
9.7%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
9.2%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
9.7%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
8.9%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.1%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.1%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.4%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.2%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.8%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
10.8%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
9.6%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
9.4%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
9.1%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.4%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
8.8%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
9.0%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.2%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.5%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.3%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.2%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.4%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
10.0%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.7%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
9.3%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
9.4%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
9.8%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
9.1%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
7.3%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.8%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.2%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.0%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.8%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.1%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.4%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.4%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
9.0%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.2%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.3%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.8%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
9.1%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.5%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.5%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.7%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
9.3%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
10.6%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
10.7%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.1%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.0%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.9%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.3%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
11.1%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
10.0%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.6%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.3%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.8%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.9%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.0%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.6%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.5%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
10.3%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
10.6%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.0%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
5.8%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.5%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
11.6%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.9%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
9.3%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
13.4%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
11.7%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
11.6%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
10.7%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
11.2%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.5%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.3%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
5.7%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.3%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.0%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.0%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.9%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.2%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.2%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.8%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.2%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.6%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.0%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.2%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
7.3%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.5%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.2%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.9%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.1%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.0%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.4%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.9%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.8%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.0%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.2%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.4%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
11.0%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
9.0%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.8%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.5%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.6%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.6%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.8%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.9%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
10.5%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.7%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.6%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.3%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
8.2%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.1%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.8%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.2%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.3%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.0%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.2%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.2%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
13.0%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
12.7%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
10.2%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
10.7%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
10.2%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.6%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
10.1%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
9.0%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.1%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.4%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.2%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.0%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.6%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.9%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.1%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.4%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
8.5%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.3%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.9%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.0%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
12.7%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.0%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
16.3%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
14.3%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
12.5%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
10.6%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
9.3%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
9.0%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
7.6%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
7.6%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
7.2%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.0%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
7.5%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
9.8%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.7%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.5%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.8%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.0%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.3%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.6%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
8.3%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
7.4%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
7.4%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
7.3%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.9%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.6%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.2%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.2%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.5%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.4%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.0%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.2%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
10.1%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.3%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.7%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.0%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.5%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.8%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.6%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.3%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.6%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.5%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.2%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.1%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
14.5%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
15.9%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
15.0%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.3%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.8%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
13.9%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.4%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.8%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.4%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
8.8%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.4%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.7%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Houston, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
13.9%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
14.7%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
11.8%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
13.9%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
15.5%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
14.7%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
14.3%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
13.8%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
14.0%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
12.8%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
15.0%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
14.4%
7.9%
6.3%