Unemployment Rate in Newton County, MS

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
4.7% −11.8% vs nat'l
Rank #1,783 of 3,222
45th percentile

How Newton County Compares

Newton County
4.7%
Mississippi Average
4.7%
Rank #23 of 82 in state
National
5.3%
11.8% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Newton County: 4.7%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,780 Brazoria County, TX 4.7%
#1,781 Beltrami County, MN 4.7%
#1,782 Grainger County, TN 4.7%
#1,783 Newton County, MS 4.7%
#1,784 Sequoyah County, OK 4.7%
#1,785 Garfield County, OK 4.7%
#1,786 Dyer County, TN 4.7%
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Unemployment Rate in Newton County, Mississippi

Newton County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, which ranks #1,783 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 11.8% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Mississippi, Newton County ranks #23 of 82 out of 82 counties. This places it in the 45th 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.