Sharkey County, MS Unemployment Rate Report

Sharkey County, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Sharkey County, Mississippi has ranged from 5.3% in November 2007 to 30.6% in January 1999. The current unemployment rate for Sharkey County is 6.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Sharkey County, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

Very High Unemployment Area

Sharkey County, MS Current Unemployment - 6.1%

Sharkey County, MS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2022	8.8%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	7.3%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.6%	3.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.7%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.8%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	6.8%	4.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	6.4%	4.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	6.1%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2021	11.3%	6.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.1%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	9.9%	6.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	9.8%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.6%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	11.4%	7.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	9.8%	6.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	9.0%	5.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.7%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.3%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.4%	3.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.3%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2020	9.6%	5.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	9.0%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.5%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	12.9%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.3%	10.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.5%	9.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.8%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.8%	7.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.8%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	10.0%	7.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.8%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	10.0%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2019	10.2%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	9.2%	5.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	8.9%	5.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	6.8%	4.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	7.8%	5.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	8.9%	6.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	8.8%	6.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	8.0%	5.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	7.3%	5.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	7.2%	5.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	8.1%	5.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	9.9%	5.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2018	9.8%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.9%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	8.1%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.3%	4.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.7%	4.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	8.7%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.5%	5.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.7%	4.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.6%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	4.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.4%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	8.3%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2017	11.3%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.7%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	8.4%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.9%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	6.8%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	8.6%	6.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.5%	5.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.2%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	6.6%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.6%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	7.3%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.6%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2016	12.2%	6.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	10.7%	6.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.6%	5.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.6%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.2%	5.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	9.6%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.1%	6.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.4%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.7%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	6.8%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	9.8%	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2015	12.9%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.7%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	10.1%	6.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.5%	5.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	9.0%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.3%	7.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	9.9%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	8.5%	6.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.8%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.8%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	9.2%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	10.0%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2014	16.8%	8.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.2%	8.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	12.8%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	10.3%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.9%	7.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	11.1%	8.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	10.7%	8.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	9.1%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.2%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	8.2%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.9%	6.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	11.7%	6.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2013	18.3%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	15.1%	9.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.2%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.7%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.2%	8.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.9%	9.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	12.8%	9.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.6%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.4%	8.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.9%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.4%	7.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	14.1%	7.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2012	17.9%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	16.6%	9.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	14.0%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.1%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	12.7%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.2%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	13.7%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	13.0%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.7%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	12.5%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.9%	8.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	13.8%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2011	17.9%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	17.5%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	14.4%	9.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	13.0%	9.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	14.9%	10.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.1%	10.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	15.1%	10.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	13.9%	9.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	13.5%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	13.0%	9.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	12.9%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	16.3%	9.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2010	18.4%	11.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	18.2%	11.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.3%	10.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.9%	9.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.6%	10.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.1%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	15.0%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.4%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.6%	9.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.1%	9.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	14.2%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	17.6%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2009	13.5%	8.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.4%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.9%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.1%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.2%	9.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.1%	9.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.1%	9.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.3%	9.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.9%	9.8%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.4%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.2%	9.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.6%	10.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2008	12.4%	6.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.0%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	9.1%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.3%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.8%	6.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.2%	7.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.9%	7.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.0%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.8%	6.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.9%	6.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	11.9%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2007	13.9%	6.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	12.6%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.6%	6.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.3%	5.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	7.2%	6.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	8.5%	6.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	8.3%	6.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.1%	5.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.7%	5.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.4%	5.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.3%	5.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	10.0%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2006	14.3%	8.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	13.2%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	9.4%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	7.6%	5.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.8%	6.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	9.6%	7.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	9.5%	7.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.9%	6.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.4%	6.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.4%	5.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	8.7%	5.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	10.6%	6.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2005	16.4%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	16.0%	7.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	13.0%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	10.4%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	9.6%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	10.4%	7.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	10.4%	6.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	9.0%	6.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.4%	9.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.0%	9.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	10.1%	8.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	13.0%	7.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2004	15.3%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	13.4%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	11.8%	5.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	9.0%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	9.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	10.9%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.9%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.9%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.1%	6.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.2%	6.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	9.0%	6.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	14.0%	6.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2003	13.9%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	13.7%	6.6%	5.9%
3 / 2003	11.3%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.8%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.1%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.5%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.2%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.2%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.6%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.0%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.0%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	10.6%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2002	16.1%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	14.9%	6.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	12.5%	6.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.8%	6.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.3%	6.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	9.5%	7.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.0%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.0%	6.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.4%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.7%	6.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.7%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.1%	6.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2001	15.9%	5.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	13.5%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	12.3%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	8.6%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	8.1%	4.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	9.4%	5.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.0%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.5%	5.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.9%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.3%	6.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	13.4%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2000	16.8%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	14.4%	5.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	10.2%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	9.0%	4.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	8.2%	5.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	8.9%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.8%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.6%	5.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.5%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.1%	5.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	10.7%	4.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	11.8%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1999	30.6%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	28.4%	5.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	23.0%	5.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	19.2%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	19.4%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	17.2%	5.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	12.7%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	12.8%	5.1%	4.2%
9 / 1999	10.9%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	9.8%	5.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	10.7%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	21.1%	5.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1998	22.3%	6.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	18.2%	5.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	16.0%	5.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.5%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	9.7%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.8%	6.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.0%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	10.3%	5.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.4%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.0%	5.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	13.1%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	17.9%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1997	24.2%	6.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	21.3%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	18.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	11.0%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	12.5%	5.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	13.8%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.5%	6.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	12.1%	6.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	11.2%	5.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.7%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.6%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	19.5%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1996	27.7%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	25.0%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	20.0%	6.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	15.8%	5.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	15.2%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	15.7%	6.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	12.5%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	14.1%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.2%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.1%	5.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	15.1%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	23.1%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1995	25.8%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	20.9%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	20.2%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	16.5%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	15.7%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	15.0%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.9%	6.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	19.0%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	16.3%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	14.6%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	20.0%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	24.4%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1994	22.9%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	21.8%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	18.5%	6.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	14.3%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	14.7%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	18.8%	7.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	16.8%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	16.2%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	13.4%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.9%	5.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	10.2%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	18.3%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1993	20.1%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1993	18.0%	7.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	16.3%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	12.6%	6.6%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.6%	7.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.3%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.7%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.6%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.3%	6.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.7%	6.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.7%	5.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	16.6%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1992	22.2%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	20.4%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	16.0%	8.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.9%	7.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.7%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.2%	9.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.0%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.0%	8.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.2%	7.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.2%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.7%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	16.1%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1991	25.3%	9.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	22.9%	9.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	16.2%	9.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	13.3%	8.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.0%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.4%	10.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.5%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	10.8%	8.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.1%	7.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.6%	7.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.6%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	16.2%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Sharkey County, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1990	23.2%	8.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	22.1%	7.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	15.2%	7.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	10.6%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.4%	7.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	10.1%	8.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	9.2%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.7%	7.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.3%	7.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.3%	7.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.5%	7.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	20.7%	7.9%	6.3%