Unemployment Rate in Prentiss County, MS

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
3.5% −34.9% vs nat'l
Rank #951 of 3,222
71th percentile

How Prentiss County Compares

Prentiss County
3.5%
Mississippi Average
3.5%
Rank #10 of 82 in state
National
5.3%
34.9% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Prentiss County: 3.5%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#948 Wabash County, IN 3.4%
#949 Goshen County, WY 3.4%
#950 Linn County, IA 3.4%
#951 Prentiss County, MS 3.5%
#952 Covington County, MS 3.5%
#953 Madison County, IA 3.5%
#954 Deaf Smith County, TX 3.5%
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Unemployment Rate in Prentiss County, Mississippi

Prentiss County, Mississippi has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, which ranks #951 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 34.9% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Mississippi, Prentiss County ranks #10 of 82 out of 82 counties. This places it in the 71th 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.