Moderate Unemployment Area
Meridian, MS Current Unemployment - 4.0%
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
Meridian, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
4.9%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.4%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.5%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.7%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.9%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.8%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.8%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.0%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
6.8%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.7%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.7%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.4%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.5%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.9%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.9%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.0%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.9%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.2%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.1%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.2%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
5.1%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.1%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.8%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
13.1%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.9%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.5%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.1%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.1%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.6%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.1%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.8%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.8%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
5.8%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.5%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.4%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.0%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.9%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
7.1%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.8%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.1%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.7%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.4%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.7%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
5.4%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
5.3%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.2%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.1%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.6%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.2%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.6%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
6.1%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.1%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.1%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.2%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.2%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.2%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
5.6%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.3%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.1%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.9%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.6%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.9%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.7%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.8%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.5%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.1%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.9%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
6.5%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.0%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.0%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.3%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.7%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.3%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.5%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.3%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.0%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.9%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
7.6%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.1%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.2%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.0%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.5%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.2%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.5%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.6%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.6%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.4%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.7%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.4%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
10.7%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.0%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.0%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.0%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.1%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.3%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.5%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.3%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
9.0%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.9%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.4%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.8%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
12.3%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.5%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.3%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.7%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.6%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.0%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.5%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.4%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.7%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.1%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.0%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.9%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
12.4%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.9%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.4%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.8%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.7%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.3%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.5%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.0%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.5%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.7%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.7%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.4%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
13.4%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.5%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
13.0%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.8%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.4%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.2%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
13.6%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.1%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.0%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.3%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.2%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.2%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
14.5%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.1%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.1%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.2%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.0%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.9%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.6%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.2%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.5%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.4%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.3%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.5%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
11.0%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.7%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.9%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.9%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.7%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.1%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.9%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.7%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.7%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.2%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
14.2%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.6%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
7.7%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.2%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.3%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.1%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.5%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.5%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.0%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.1%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
10.0%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
10.0%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.6%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.2%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
9.0%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.6%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.2%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.8%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.4%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.0%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.1%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.4%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
8.5%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
8.2%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.5%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.9%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
8.8%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.9%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.7%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.5%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.4%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.1%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.2%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.3%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.3%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.3%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.5%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.6%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
8.6%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.3%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.3%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.9%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.7%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
9.2%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.5%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.5%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.4%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.7%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.6%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.5%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
7.6%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.8%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.3%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.9%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.8%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.5%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.2%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.9%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.2%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.5%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.1%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.9%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
8.9%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.1%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.2%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.1%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
9.2%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.8%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.9%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.6%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.9%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.0%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.2%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.1%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
7.9%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.3%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.4%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.3%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.6%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.0%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.4%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.9%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.2%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.2%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.3%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.5%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
6.0%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.5%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.0%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.6%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
5.8%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.5%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.4%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.3%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.4%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
7.5%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.1%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
7.1%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.5%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.6%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
6.3%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.9%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.3%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.8%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.4%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.1%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.5%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.9%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.7%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
6.3%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.0%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.9%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.7%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.9%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.0%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.6%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.9%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.7%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.7%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.5%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.1%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
5.8%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.1%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.0%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.9%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.6%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.1%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.7%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.0%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.0%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.0%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.3%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.7%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
5.7%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.4%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.5%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.2%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
6.1%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.8%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.9%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.2%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.0%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
5.7%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.8%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.2%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
5.9%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.8%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.9%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.6%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
6.6%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.2%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
5.6%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.3%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.9%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.6%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.7%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.2%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
5.8%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
5.3%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.4%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.1%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.7%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.2%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.1%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.2%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.9%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.4%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.7%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.7%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
5.7%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.4%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
5.3%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
6.0%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
6.4%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
7.2%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
5.8%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
5.4%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.2%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.5%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
5.1%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.6%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
6.4%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
5.8%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
6.3%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.4%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
6.7%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.1%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.1%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
5.7%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.4%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.6%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
5.1%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.8%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
8.5%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.2%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.8%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.1%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.1%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.8%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
7.9%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
7.0%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
6.6%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.2%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
6.4%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
5.8%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
6.5%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.9%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.1%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.6%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.5%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.5%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.3%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.0%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
8.2%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.9%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.1%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.4%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Meridian, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
6.2%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.0%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.9%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.7%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.0%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.3%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.3%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.0%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.2%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.3%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.8%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.5%
7.9%
6.3%