Magnolia State News

Mississippi's unemployment rate hit 6.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 91,177 people out of the 2,967,023 living in Mississippi at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Mississippi has decreased compared to the 7.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Mississippi was greater than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves | governorreeves.ms.gov official website

Of the 1,253,861 people who had a job during that time, 13,071 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,240,790 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	91,177	6.8%
Employed	1,253,861	93.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,240,790	92.2%
Employed in armed forces	13,071	1%