| | Civilian Labor Force, 2023 | Persons Employed, 2023 | Persons Unemployed, 2023 | Unemployment Rate, 2023 | Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2023 |
|
| United States | 167,116,000 | 161,037,000 | 6,080,000 | 3.6% | 100.0% |
| Appalachian Region | 12,251,069 | 11,840,591 | 410,478 | 3.4% | 92.1% |
| Mississippi | 1,231,104 | 1,192,015 | 39,089 | 3.2% | 87.3% |
| Appalachian Mississippi | 259,559 | 251,288 | 8,271 | 3.2% | 87.6% |
|
| County |
| Alcorn | 14,716 | 14,274 | 442 | 3.0% | 82.6% |
| Benton | 2,960 | 2,850 | 110 | 3.7% | 102.1% |
| Calhoun | 5,152 | 4,979 | 173 | 3.4% | 92.3% |
| Chickasaw | 6,101 | 5,845 | 256 | 4.2% | 115.3% |
| Choctaw | 3,541 | 3,444 | 97 | 2.7% | 75.3% |
| Clay | 8,869 | 8,574 | 295 | 3.3% | 91.4% |
| Itawamba | 9,816 | 9,527 | 289 | 2.9% | 80.9% |
| Kemper | 3,137 | 2,994 | 143 | 4.6% | 125.3% |
| Lee | 39,014 | 37,928 | 1,086 | 2.8% | 76.5% |
| Lowndes | 24,276 | 23,482 | 794 | 3.3% | 89.9% |
| Marshall | 13,867 | 13,369 | 498 | 3.6% | 98.7% |
| Monroe | 14,548 | 13,992 | 556 | 3.8% | 105.0% |
| Montgomery | 3,738 | 3,606 | 132 | 3.5% | 97.1% |
| Noxubee | 3,303 | 3,148 | 155 | 4.7% | 129.0% |
| Oktibbeha | 21,607 | 20,891 | 716 | 3.3% | 91.1% |
| Panola | 12,026 | 11,558 | 468 | 3.9% | 107.0% |
| Pontotoc | 14,184 | 13,801 | 383 | 2.7% | 74.2% |
| Prentiss | 10,855 | 10,554 | 301 | 2.8% | 76.2% |
| Tippah | 9,735 | 9,466 | 269 | 2.8% | 76.0% |
| Tishomingo | 8,062 | 7,803 | 259 | 3.2% | 88.3% |
| Union | 14,432 | 14,106 | 326 | 2.3% | 62.1% |
| Webster | 3,795 | 3,679 | 116 | 3.1% | 84.0% |
| Winston | 7,054 | 6,814 | 240 | 3.4% | 93.5% |
| Yalobusha | 4,771 | 4,604 | 167 | 3.5% | 96.2% |
