New Albany, MS Unemployment Rate Report

New Albany, MS Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New-Albany, Mississippi has ranged from 2.4% in December 2021 to 20.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for New-Albany is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New Albany, MS Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

New Albany, MS Current Unemployment - 2.7%

New Albany, MS Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2022	3.5%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.2%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.5%	3.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.5%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.5%	3.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.2%	4.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	4.4%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	3.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2021	4.2%	6.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.4%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.5%	6.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.2%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.2%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.2%	7.6%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.7%	6.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.1%	5.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.3%	4.7%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.0%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.5%	3.6%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.4%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2020	4.2%	5.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.0%	5.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	20.6%	15.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.7%	10.4%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.1%	9.8%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.4%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.0%	7.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.1%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.2%	7.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.3%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.3%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2019	4.2%	5.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	5.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.0%	5.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.6%	4.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.1%	5.3%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.7%	6.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	6.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.3%	5.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.2%	5.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.1%	5.1%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.1%	5.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.1%	5.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2018	3.5%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.4%	4.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	4.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.5%	4.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.2%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.8%	5.4%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.6%	4.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.5%	4.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.5%	4.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.5%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2017	4.1%	5.7%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.6%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.5%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.3%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.8%	5.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.4%	6.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.9%	5.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.5%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.4%	4.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.3%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.3%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.2%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2016	4.6%	6.3%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.4%	6.0%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.3%	5.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.1%	5.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.7%	5.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.3%	6.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.7%	6.5%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.3%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.3%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.9%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.0%	5.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2015	5.9%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.4%	6.5%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.1%	6.2%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	5.9%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.4%	6.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.7%	7.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.1%	6.9%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.8%	6.2%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.7%	6.0%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.6%	5.9%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.7%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2014	7.1%	8.7%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.7%	8.2%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.3%	7.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.5%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	7.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.7%	8.3%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.7%	8.4%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.0%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.0%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.9%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.4%	6.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	6.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2013	8.5%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.8%	9.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.0%	8.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.6%	7.9%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.3%	8.9%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.4%	9.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.4%	9.0%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.8%	8.2%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.0%	8.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.9%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.9%	7.5%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.4%	7.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2012	8.9%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.7%	9.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.9%	8.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.5%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.5%	9.0%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.6%	9.8%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.6%	9.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.9%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.6%	8.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.7%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.0%	8.0%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.8%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2011	11.7%	10.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.0%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.4%	9.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.8%	9.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.4%	10.2%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.5%	10.9%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.3%	10.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.5%	9.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.5%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.4%	9.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.4%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.5%	9.4%	8.5%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2010	11.7%	11.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.3%	11.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.6%	10.8%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.6%	9.8%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.0%	10.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.2%	10.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.6%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.1%	9.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.6%	9.8%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.3%	9.7%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.7%	9.8%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.8%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2009	10.1%	8.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.8%	8.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.5%	8.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.4%	8.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.2%	9.4%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.4%	9.9%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.5%	9.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.0%	9.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.4%	9.8%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.7%	10.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.2%	9.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.2%	10.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2008	6.3%	6.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.0%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.2%	5.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.8%	6.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.2%	7.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.4%	7.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.8%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.0%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.4%	6.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.6%	6.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.8%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2007	6.9%	6.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.8%	6.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.1%	6.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.7%	5.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.9%	6.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.6%	6.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.5%	6.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.6%	5.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.0%	5.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.8%	5.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.3%	5.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.2%	6.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2006	6.3%	8.0%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.2%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.2%	6.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.9%	5.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.3%	6.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	7.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.4%	7.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.6%	6.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.1%	6.1%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.0%	5.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.7%	5.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.5%	6.3%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2005	7.1%	7.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.6%	7.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.1%	6.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.8%	6.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.7%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.1%	7.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.5%	6.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.2%	6.3%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.6%	9.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.8%	9.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.7%	8.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.0%	7.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2004	6.5%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.7%	5.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.4%	5.5%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.9%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.8%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.7%	6.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.5%	6.7%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.1%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.6%	6.2%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.8%	6.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.4%	6.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.7%	6.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2003	7.5%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.8%	6.6%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.4%	6.4%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.0%	6.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.0%	6.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.9%	7.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.9%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.0%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.9%	5.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.4%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.7%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2002	6.7%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.3%	6.9%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.9%	6.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.7%	6.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.4%	6.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.9%	7.2%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.4%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.2%	6.2%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.7%	6.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.9%	6.5%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.6%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.1%	6.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2001	4.4%	5.5%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.6%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.6%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.9%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.2%	4.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.0%	5.8%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.4%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.7%	5.5%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.6%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.4%	6.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.6%	6.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.9%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 2000	4.9%	6.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.9%	5.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.7%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.0%	4.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.8%	5.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.0%	6.1%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.6%	5.7%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.3%	5.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.0%	4.8%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.0%	5.0%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.8%	4.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.8%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1999	4.8%	5.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.9%	5.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.9%	5.1%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.0%	4.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.5%	4.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.9%	5.6%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.3%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.9%	5.1%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.2%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.8%	5.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.7%	4.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.7%	5.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1998	4.1%	6.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.8%	5.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.1%	5.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.6%	4.6%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.8%	5.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.8%	6.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.9%	5.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.6%	5.3%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.5%	5.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.3%	5.1%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.7%	4.5%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.5%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1997	4.4%	6.6%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.6%	6.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	5.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.3%	5.5%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.0%	6.5%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.0%	6.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.4%	6.0%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.0%	5.7%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.5%	5.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.8%	4.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.6%	4.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1996	5.6%	6.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.6%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.3%	6.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.8%	5.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.3%	6.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.0%	6.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.5%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.8%	5.7%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.9%	5.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.0%	5.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.4%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.7%	5.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1995	4.6%	6.8%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.3%	5.9%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.2%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.2%	5.8%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.0%	6.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.1%	7.3%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.7%	6.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.3%	6.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.7%	6.1%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.3%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.5%	5.6%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	5.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1994	6.0%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.8%	6.9%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.0%	6.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.5%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.1%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.4%	7.3%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.4%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.4%	6.3%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.3%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.5%	5.7%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.1%	5.3%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.2%	5.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1993	5.6%	7.7%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.8%	7.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.7%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.5%	6.6%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.4%	7.0%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.2%	7.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.1%	6.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.6%	6.4%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.1%	6.0%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.0%	6.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.8%	5.4%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.9%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1992	6.9%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.4%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.7%	8.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.2%	7.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.5%	8.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.7%	9.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.3%	8.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.4%	8.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.7%	7.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.6%	7.0%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.8%	6.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.7%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1991	8.1%	9.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.2%	9.2%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.6%	9.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.5%	8.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.5%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.7%	10.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.5%	8.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.1%	8.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.4%	7.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.7%	7.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.3%	7.1%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.8%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Albany, MS%	Mississippi%	National %
1 / 1990	5.8%	8.3%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.8%	7.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.5%	7.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.7%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.6%	7.3%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.0%	8.2%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.4%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.6%	7.6%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.0%	7.4%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.2%	7.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.3%	7.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.1%	7.9%	6.3%