Unemployment in Tallahatchie County rose from 2.9% in May to stand at 3.6% in June, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
In June, 190 Tallahatchians were unemployed, and 4,940 employed, from a local labor force totaling 5,130. The labor force consists of everyone who has a job or is actively looking for one.
In May, 140 local residents were jobless, and 4,810 working, among a labor force of 4,950, according to MDES.
Tallahatchie County’s June unemployment rate was five-tenths of 1% lower than the 4.1% jobless rate of June 2023, when 200 local residents were unemployed and 4,570 employed, among a labor force tallying 4,770.
The national rate of unemployment during June was 4.3%, a jump of six-tenths of a percent from May’s 3.7%, and five-tenths of 1% lower than June 2023’s rate of 3.8%.
Mississippi’s jobless rate stood at 3.7% in June, up eight-tenths of 1% from May’s 2.9% but an improvement of four-tenths of 1% from 4.1% one year ago.
MDES noted that historically, Mississippi’s unemployment rate has risen from May to June as the full impact of students entering the labor force is felt.
June unemployment rates for area counties, with revised May figures in parenthesis, are:
» Coahoma, 5.9 (4.8)
» Grenada, 3.8 (2.9)
» Lafayette, 2.8 (2.0)
» Leflore, 5.6 (4.7)
» Panola, 4.7 (3.6)
» Quitman, 5.6 (4.2)
» Sunflower, 5.3 (4.5)
» Yalobusha, 4.2 (3.3)
At 14.9%, Jefferson County had the highest unemployment rate in the state. Union County posted the lowest June rate of 2.5%.
