Columbus, MS Unemployment Rate Report

Columbus, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Columbus, Mississippi has ranged from 3.3% in November 2021 to 19.9% in March 2010. The current unemployment rate for Columbus is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Columbus, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Columbus, MS Current Unemployment - 4.5%

Columbus, MS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2022	5.7%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.9%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.1%	3.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.1%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.5%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.5%	4.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.5%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2021	7.8%	6.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.7%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.4%	6.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.3%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.1%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.1%	7.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.0%	6.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.1%	5.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.8%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.3%	3.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.9%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2020	5.5%	5.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.2%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.0%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.6%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	11.8%	10.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.5%	9.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.4%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.9%	7.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.8%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.1%	7.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.5%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.8%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2019	5.7%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.4%	5.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.4%	5.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.0%	4.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.5%	5.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	7.1%	6.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	7.0%	6.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.0%	5.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.4%	5.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.5%	5.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.4%	5.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.5%	5.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2018	5.4%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.4%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.4%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.7%	4.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.1%	4.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.8%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.5%	5.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.2%	4.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.9%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.9%	4.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.7%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.0%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2017	6.5%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.6%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.8%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.7%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.1%	6.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.0%	5.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.9%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.5%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.4%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.1%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.1%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2016	7.5%	6.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.8%	6.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.7%	5.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.4%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.0%	5.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.6%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.2%	6.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.7%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.5%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.0%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.8%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.9%	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2015	9.3%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.7%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.6%	6.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.4%	5.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.3%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	9.1%	7.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	8.6%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.2%	6.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.3%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.2%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.3%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.3%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2014	16.6%	8.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.5%	8.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	15.0%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	12.9%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	15.5%	7.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	15.8%	8.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	16.5%	8.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	14.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	13.3%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	12.5%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	11.5%	6.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	11.8%	6.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2013	16.8%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	15.6%	9.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	15.2%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	14.2%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	15.1%	8.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	15.7%	9.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	16.0%	9.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	15.1%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	14.5%	8.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	15.8%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	14.4%	7.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	14.1%	7.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2012	15.4%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.1%	9.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.6%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.7%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	14.3%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	15.0%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	15.3%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.4%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	14.3%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.9%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	13.9%	8.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	14.8%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2011	17.8%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	17.8%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	16.3%	9.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	16.0%	9.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	17.3%	10.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	17.5%	10.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.9%	10.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	15.6%	9.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.2%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.6%	9.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	14.7%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	14.8%	9.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2010	19.8%	11.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	19.6%	11.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	19.9%	10.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	17.4%	9.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	18.6%	10.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	19.2%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	19.9%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	18.8%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	18.2%	9.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	18.2%	9.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	18.0%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	18.4%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2009	14.6%	8.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.9%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.1%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	15.1%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	16.3%	9.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.3%	9.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	16.9%	9.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	17.0%	9.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	17.7%	9.8%	9.8%
10 / 2009	18.0%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	17.5%	9.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	18.3%	10.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2008	12.1%	6.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.7%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.2%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.7%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	11.8%	6.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	11.6%	7.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	11.6%	7.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.6%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	11.5%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	11.3%	6.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	11.6%	6.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.9%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2007	11.0%	6.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	11.5%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	9.9%	6.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	10.7%	5.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	11.7%	6.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	11.7%	6.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	12.3%	6.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	10.5%	5.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	11.8%	5.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	11.2%	5.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	10.9%	5.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	11.8%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2006	10.1%	8.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.5%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	8.2%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.0%	5.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.4%	6.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	9.6%	7.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	10.1%	7.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.9%	6.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	9.8%	6.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	9.3%	5.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.9%	5.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	9.6%	6.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2005	10.8%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	10.5%	7.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	9.9%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	9.4%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	10.7%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	11.2%	7.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	10.9%	6.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	9.3%	6.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	10.1%	9.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	10.4%	9.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.6%	8.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	10.5%	7.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2004	9.0%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.9%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.2%	5.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.6%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.7%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	10.0%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	10.2%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	9.8%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	9.9%	6.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	11.1%	6.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	10.1%	6.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	10.2%	6.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2003	11.6%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	10.7%	6.6%	5.9%
3 / 2003	10.2%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	10.0%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	10.3%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	11.7%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	11.7%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	10.8%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	9.6%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	10.1%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.5%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.3%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2002	14.2%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	13.5%	6.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	13.1%	6.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	12.1%	6.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	12.4%	6.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	12.9%	7.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	12.2%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	11.2%	6.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	10.6%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	11.3%	6.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.7%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.8%	6.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2001	7.7%	5.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.6%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.8%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.0%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.7%	4.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	9.0%	5.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.7%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.6%	5.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.5%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	10.7%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	12.1%	6.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	12.3%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2000	8.3%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.9%	5.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.3%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.8%	4.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	7.5%	5.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	7.9%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.4%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.1%	5.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.6%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	8.2%	5.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.9%	4.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.4%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1999	10.6%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	9.1%	5.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.2%	5.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.5%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	8.3%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.2%	5.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.1%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	8.8%	5.1%	4.2%
9 / 1999	9.5%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	10.4%	5.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.9%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.8%	5.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1998	13.8%	6.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	12.5%	5.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	13.0%	5.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	11.6%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	12.9%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	13.1%	6.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	11.2%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	11.2%	5.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	11.1%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	11.7%	5.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.5%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	9.1%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1997	13.6%	6.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	12.3%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	12.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	11.4%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.7%	5.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	14.1%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	12.2%	6.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	12.8%	6.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	12.5%	5.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	12.4%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.3%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.0%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1996	10.7%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.1%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.6%	6.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	10.2%	5.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	11.1%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	12.7%	6.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	11.4%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.4%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.8%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.9%	5.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.9%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.3%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1995	9.1%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.5%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.8%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.7%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	10.9%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.4%	6.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.9%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.8%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.7%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.0%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.0%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1994	9.4%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.8%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.5%	6.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.4%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.7%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.8%	7.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.0%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	11.6%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.5%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.4%	5.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.9%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.0%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1993	10.0%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.7%	7.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.9%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.7%	6.6%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.5%	7.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.7%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	9.2%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.7%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.2%	6.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	8.2%	6.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.6%	5.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.7%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1992	12.3%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.2%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.6%	8.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	11.7%	7.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.5%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	14.2%	9.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	12.3%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.4%	8.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.6%	7.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.3%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.0%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.3%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1991	13.4%	9.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	12.6%	9.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.9%	9.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	11.9%	8.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.1%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	14.5%	10.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	12.7%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	12.8%	8.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	12.1%	7.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	11.8%	7.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.9%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.9%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Columbus, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1990	8.2%	8.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.8%	7.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.5%	7.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.8%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	9.4%	7.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.1%	8.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	9.7%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	10.0%	7.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	10.2%	7.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	10.2%	7.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.4%	7.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.3%	7.9%	6.3%