Unemployment Rate in Hancock County, MS

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
5.0% −6.5% vs nat'l
Rank #1,984 of 3,222
38th percentile

How Hancock County Compares

Hancock County
5.0%
Mississippi Average
5.0%
Rank #29 of 82 in state
National
5.3%
6.5% below

National Distribution

Where Hancock County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Hancock County: 5.0%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,981 Wirt County, WV 4.9%
#1,982 Milam County, TX 5.0%
#1,983 Taliaferro County, GA 5.0%
#1,984 Hancock County, MS 5.0%
#1,985 Schuyler County, IL 5.0%
#1,986 Campbell County, TN 5.0%
#1,987 Burleson County, TX 5.0%
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Unemployment Rate in Hancock County, Mississippi

Hancock County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, which ranks #1,984 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 6.5% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Mississippi, Hancock County ranks #29 of 82 out of 82 counties. This places it in the 38th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.