Mississippi Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 935,000 | - | 7.1 | - |
| 1979 | 965,000 | 3.2 | 5.8 | -1.3 |
| 1980 | 982,000 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 1.7 |
| 1981 | 971,000 | -1.1 | 8.3 | 0.9 |
| 1982 | 947,000 | -2.5 | 11.0 | 2.7 |
| 1983 | 929,000 | -1.9 | 12.6 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 958,000 | 3.1 | 10.8 | -1.8 |
| 1985 | 1,011,000 | 5.5 | 10.3 | -0.5 |
| 1986 | 1,020,000 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 1.4 |
| 1987 | 1,034,000 | 1.4 | 10.2 | -1.5 |
| 1988 | 1,046,000 | 1.2 | 8.4 | -1.8 |
| 1989 | 1,076,000 | 2.9 | 7.8 | -0.6 |
| 1990 | 1,093,506 | 1.6 | 7.6 | -0.2 |
| 1991 | 1,085,966 | -0.7 | 8.7 | 1.1 |
| 1992 | 1,093,688 | 0.7 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| 1993 | 1,138,166 | 4.1 | 6.4 | -1.8 |
| 1994 | 1,169,750 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 1,175,278 | 0.5 | 6.5 | -0.1 |
| 1996 | 1,187,018 | 1.0 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| 1997 | 1,200,845 | 1.2 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| 1998 | 1,211,535 | 0.9 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| 1999 | 1,223,725 | 1.0 | 5.3 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 1,239,859 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 0.4 |
| 2001 | 1,229,884 | -0.8 | 5.6 | -0.1 |
| 2002 | 1,214,631 | -1.2 | 6.7 | 1.1 |
| 2003 | 1,226,293 | 1.0 | 6.4 | -0.3 |
| 2004 | 1,232,139 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 1,222,682 | -0.8 | 7.8 | 1.4 |
| 2006 | 1,210,245 | -1.0 | 6.8 | -1.0 |
| 2007 | 1,224,774 | 1.2 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| 2008 | 1,223,858 | -0.1 | 6.9 | 0.6 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,153,833 | 0.8 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Feb | 1,166,967 | 0.9 | 5.9 | -1.2 |
| Mar | 1,169,044 | 0.7 | 5.9 | -1.0 |
| Apr | 1,173,344 | 1.1 | 6.1 | -0.5 |
| May | 1,172,350 | 0.5 | 6.9 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 1,180,277 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,191,105 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 1,173,664 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 1,174,564 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 1,181,977 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,183,287 | -0.1 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,182,926 | -0.6 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,154,031 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 1,168,617 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 1,175,574 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,179,865 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 1,185,033 | 1.1 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 1,194,595 | 1.2 | 7.0 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 1,205,435 | 1.2 | 6.6 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,188,311 | 1.2 | 6.0 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 1,191,865 | 1.5 | 5.4 | -1.3 |
| Oct | 1,197,787 | 1.3 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 1,199,661 | 1.4 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| Dec | 1,203,446 | 1.7 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,174,386 | 1.8 | 6.9 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 1,185,607 | 1.5 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,194,438 | 1.6 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 1,197,135 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -0.9 |
| May | 1,201,650 | 1.4 | 5.9 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 1,204,178 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,216,656 | 0.9 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 1,199,319 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 1,199,872 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 1,204,902 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 1,214,267 | 1.2 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 1,217,730 | 1.2 | 4.9 | -0.6 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,190,074 | 1.3 | 6.3 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 1,201,902 | 1.4 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 1,206,198 | 1.0 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 1,210,979 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| May | 1,213,245 | 1.0 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,215,344 | 0.9 | 6.1 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 1,223,344 | 0.5 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,205,643 | 0.5 | 5.7 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 1,211,057 | 0.9 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 1,214,566 | 0.8 | 5.3 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 1,219,705 | 0.4 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 1,226,367 | 0.7 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,202,157 | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,210,616 | 0.7 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,216,205 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 1,217,602 | 0.5 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,221,298 | 0.7 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,228,652 | 1.1 | 5.7 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,234,642 | 0.9 | 5.5 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 1,218,571 | 1.1 | 5.5 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,222,976 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 1,228,751 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,237,483 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,245,747 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,220,690 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 1,232,696 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 1,233,869 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Apr | 1,243,296 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 |
| May | 1,238,623 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 1.1 |
| Jun | 1,247,129 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,249,866 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 1,233,346 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Sep | 1,234,973 | 1.0 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 1,241,408 | 1.0 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,246,159 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,256,255 | 0.8 | 4.4 | -0.8 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,234,046 | 1.1 | 5.5 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 1,243,841 | 0.9 | 4.9 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 1,246,376 | 1.0 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 1,251,096 | 0.6 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
| May | 1,250,895 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -1.3 |
| Jun | 1,221,366 | -2.1 | 5.8 | -0.9 |
| Jul | 1,230,027 | -1.6 | 5.4 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,206,530 | -2.2 | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| Sep | 1,215,622 | -1.6 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 1,216,807 | -2.0 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 1,218,322 | -2.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 1,223,674 | -2.6 | 6.6 | 2.2 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,190,481 | -3.5 | 7.8 | 2.3 |
| Feb | 1,208,472 | -2.8 | 6.9 | 2.0 |
| Mar | 1,207,959 | -3.1 | 7.0 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 1,211,656 | -3.2 | 6.5 | 2.1 |
| May | 1,215,598 | -2.8 | 6.7 | 1.8 |
| Jun | 1,218,826 | -0.2 | 7.4 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 1,224,046 | -0.5 | 6.8 | 1.4 |
| Aug | 1,210,212 | 0.3 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 1,221,666 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 1,221,463 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| Nov | 1,219,973 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 1,225,225 | 0.1 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,205,684 | 1.3 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 1,217,863 | 0.8 | 6.5 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,218,932 | 0.9 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,223,942 | 1.0 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,223,112 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,228,480 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Jul | 1,234,295 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 1,220,495 | 0.8 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,225,700 | 0.3 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 1,234,006 | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 1,241,066 | 1.7 | 5.3 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 1,241,942 | 1.4 | 5.3 | -1.1 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,219,113 | 1.1 | 6.2 | -1.1 |
| Feb | 1,227,066 | 0.8 | 5.5 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 1,229,827 | 0.9 | 5.4 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 1,234,168 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -1.0 |
| May | 1,233,265 | 0.8 | 6.1 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,235,187 | 0.5 | 7.1 | -0.8 |
| Jul | 1,242,472 | 0.7 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 1,226,554 | 0.5 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 1,228,679 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
| Oct | 1,232,994 | -0.1 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,238,270 | -0.2 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 1,238,072 | -0.3 | 6.8 | 1.6 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,216,390 | -0.2 | 7.6 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 1,224,682 | -0.2 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 1,228,631 | -0.1 | 7.0 | 1.6 |
| Apr | 1,236,362 | 0.2 | 6.6 | 1.4 |
| May | 1,237,959 | 0.4 | 7.3 | 1.2 |
| Jun | 1,239,710 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 1,248,133 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,235,729 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 1,194,291 | -2.8 | 9.6 | 3.1 |
| Oct | 1,201,941 | -2.5 | 8.9 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 1,203,174 | -2.8 | 8.7 | 2.1 |
| Dec | 1,205,176 | -2.7 | 7.9 | 1.1 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,183,244 | -2.7 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,195,075 | -2.4 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Mar | 1,200,098 | -2.3 | 6.4 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 1,204,553 | -2.6 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,208,092 | -2.4 | 6.6 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 1,213,483 | -2.1 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,217,131 | -2.5 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| Aug | 1,206,549 | -2.4 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 1,212,156 | 1.5 | 6.2 | -3.4 |
| Oct | 1,223,135 | 1.8 | 6.0 | -2.8 |
| Nov | 1,227,752 | 2.0 | 6.2 | -2.5 |
| Dec | 1,231,667 | 2.2 | 6.3 | -1.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,205,909 | 1.9 | 6.9 | -1.1 |
| Feb | 1,214,220 | 1.6 | 6.7 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 1,219,948 | 1.7 | 6.3 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,220,977 | 1.4 | 5.9 | -0.4 |
| May | 1,223,215 | 1.3 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,228,015 | 1.2 | 6.9 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,233,310 | 1.3 | 7.0 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 1,217,403 | 0.9 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 1,226,458 | 1.2 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,229,985 | 0.6 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,240,156 | 1.0 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 1,237,697 | 0.5 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,218,058 | 1.0 | 6.5 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 1,222,844 | 0.7 | 5.9 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 1,227,868 | 0.6 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 1,233,538 | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,229,562 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 0.9 |
| Jun | 1,230,725 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Jul | 1,232,680 | -0.1 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Aug | 1,215,516 | -0.2 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 1,218,302 | -0.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Oct | 1,220,765 | -0.7 | 6.9 | 1.1 |
| Nov | 1,220,934 | -1.5 | 6.7 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 1,215,502 | -1.8 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
| 2009-Jan | 1,190,139 | -2.3 | 9.3 | 2.7 |
| Feb | 1,195,885 | -2.2 | 9.3 | 3.4 |
| Mar | 1,190,590 | -3.0 | 9.4 | 3.3 |
| Apr | 1,190,595 | -3.5 | 8.6 | 3.0 |
| May | 1,184,056 | -3.7 | 9.7 | 2.8 |
| Jun | 1,184,441 | -3.8 | 9.9 | 2.2 |
| Jul | 1,177,434 | -4.5 | 10.5 | 2.5 |
| Aug | 1,157,384 | -4.8 | 9.7 | 2.2 |
| Sep | 1,159,444 | -4.8 | 8.9 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 1,158,603 | -5.1 | 9.5 | 2.6 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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