Unemployment in Tallahatchie County rose from 3.4% in May to 4.4% in June, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
In June, 200 Tallahatchians were unemployed, and 4,350 employed, from a labor force totaling 4,550. The labor force consists of everyone who has a job or is actively looking for one.
In May, 160 Tallahatchians were unemployed, and 4,380 employed, from a local labor force totaling 4,530.
Tallahatchie County’s June unemployment rate was 1% lower than the 5.4% jobless rate of June 2022, when 260 local residents were unemployed, and 4,550 employed, among a labor force tallying 4,810.
The national rate of unemployment during June was 3.8%, up four-tenths of a percent from May’s 3.4%, and identical to that of June 2022.
Mississippi’s jobless rate stood at 4.0% in June, up 1% from May’s 3.0% but seven-tenths better than the 4.7% of June 2022.
June unemployment rates for area counties, with May figures in parenthesis, are:
» Coahoma, 6.5 (5.1)
» Grenada, 4.5 (3.4)
» Lafayette, 3.3 (2.2)
» Leflore, 5.6 (4.5)
» Panola, 4.9 (3.7)
» Quitman, 6.0 (4.7)
» Sunflower, 5.5 (4.4)
» Tallahatchie, 4.4 (3.4)
» Yalobusha, 4.6 (3.6)
