Very High Unemployment Area
Sharkey County, MS Current Unemployment - 6.1%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Sharkey County, MS Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2022
8.8%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.3%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.6%
3.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.7%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.8%
3.8%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.8%
4.5%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.4%
4.4%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.1%
3.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2021
11.3%
6.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
10.1%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.9%
6.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
9.8%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
9.6%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2021
11.4%
7.6%
5.9%
7 / 2021
9.8%
6.4%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.0%
5.7%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.7%
4.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.3%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.4%
3.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.3%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2020
9.6%
5.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
9.0%
5.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.5%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.9%
15.6%
14.7%
5 / 2020
10.3%
10.4%
13.3%
6 / 2020
11.5%
9.8%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.8%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.8%
7.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.8%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.0%
7.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.8%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.0%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2019
10.2%
5.6%
4.0%
2 / 2019
9.2%
5.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
8.9%
5.1%
3.8%
4 / 2019
6.8%
4.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.8%
5.3%
3.6%
6 / 2019
8.9%
6.4%
3.7%
7 / 2019
8.8%
6.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
8.0%
5.6%
3.7%
9 / 2019
7.3%
5.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
7.2%
5.1%
3.6%
11 / 2019
8.1%
5.1%
3.5%
12 / 2019
9.9%
5.2%
3.5%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2018
9.8%
5.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.9%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
8.1%
4.7%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.3%
4.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.7%
4.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
8.7%
5.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.5%
5.4%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.7%
4.8%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.6%
4.5%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.6%
4.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.4%
4.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
8.3%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2017
11.3%
5.7%
4.7%
2 / 2017
9.7%
5.2%
4.7%
3 / 2017
8.4%
5.0%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.9%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
6.8%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.6%
6.1%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.5%
5.8%
4.3%
8 / 2017
7.2%
5.2%
4.4%
9 / 2017
6.6%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
6.6%
4.5%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.3%
4.5%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.6%
4.5%
4.1%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2016
12.2%
6.3%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.7%
6.0%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.6%
5.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.6%
5.4%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.2%
5.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
9.6%
6.9%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.1%
6.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.4%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.7%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.8%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
9.8%
5.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2015
12.9%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.7%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
10.1%
6.2%
5.4%
4 / 2015
8.5%
5.9%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.0%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
10.3%
7.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.9%
6.9%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.5%
6.2%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.8%
6.0%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.8%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.2%
5.9%
5.1%
12 / 2015
10.0%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2014
16.8%
8.7%
6.6%
2 / 2014
15.2%
8.2%
6.7%
3 / 2014
12.8%
7.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
10.3%
6.8%
6.2%
5 / 2014
10.9%
7.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
11.1%
8.3%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.7%
8.4%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.1%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.2%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.2%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.9%
6.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
11.7%
6.9%
5.6%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2013
18.3%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
15.1%
9.3%
7.7%
3 / 2013
13.2%
8.5%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.7%
7.9%
7.6%
5 / 2013
13.2%
8.9%
7.5%
6 / 2013
13.9%
9.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.8%
9.0%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.6%
8.2%
7.2%
9 / 2013
11.4%
8.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.9%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
11.4%
7.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
14.1%
7.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2012
17.9%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
16.6%
9.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
14.0%
8.6%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.1%
8.0%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.7%
9.0%
8.2%
6 / 2012
14.2%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.7%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.0%
8.9%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.7%
8.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.5%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.9%
8.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.8%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2011
17.9%
10.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
17.5%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.4%
9.8%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.0%
9.3%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.9%
10.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
16.1%
10.9%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.1%
10.6%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.9%
9.8%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.5%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.0%
9.8%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.9%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
16.3%
9.4%
8.5%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2010
18.4%
11.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
18.2%
11.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.3%
10.8%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.9%
9.8%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.6%
10.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.1%
10.6%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.0%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.4%
9.6%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.6%
9.8%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.1%
9.7%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.2%
9.8%
9.8%
12 / 2010
17.6%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2009
13.5%
8.7%
7.8%
2 / 2009
12.4%
8.9%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.9%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.1%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.2%
9.4%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.1%
9.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.1%
9.9%
9.5%
8 / 2009
9.3%
9.4%
9.6%
9 / 2009
9.9%
9.8%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.4%
10.0%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.2%
9.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.6%
10.7%
9.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2008
12.4%
6.5%
5.0%
2 / 2008
11.0%
5.9%
4.9%
3 / 2008
9.1%
5.8%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.3%
5.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.8%
6.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.2%
7.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.9%
7.5%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.9%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.0%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.8%
6.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
6.9%
6.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
11.9%
7.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2007
13.9%
6.9%
4.6%
2 / 2007
12.6%
6.6%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.6%
6.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.3%
5.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.2%
6.0%
4.4%
6 / 2007
8.5%
6.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.3%
6.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.1%
5.6%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.7%
5.9%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.4%
5.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.3%
5.3%
4.7%
12 / 2007
10.0%
6.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2006
14.3%
8.0%
4.7%
2 / 2006
13.2%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.4%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.6%
5.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.8%
6.3%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.6%
7.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.5%
7.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.9%
6.2%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.4%
6.1%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.4%
5.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.7%
5.9%
4.5%
12 / 2006
10.6%
6.3%
4.4%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2005
16.4%
7.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
16.0%
7.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
13.0%
6.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
10.4%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
9.6%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
10.4%
7.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
10.4%
6.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
9.0%
6.3%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.4%
9.8%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.0%
9.1%
5.0%
11 / 2005
10.1%
8.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
13.0%
7.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2004
15.3%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.4%
5.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
11.8%
5.5%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.0%
5.1%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.5%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
10.9%
6.8%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.9%
6.7%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.9%
6.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.1%
6.2%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.2%
6.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.0%
6.2%
5.4%
12 / 2004
14.0%
6.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2003
13.9%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.7%
6.6%
5.9%
3 / 2003
11.3%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.8%
6.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.1%
6.6%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.5%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.2%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.2%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.6%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.0%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.0%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2003
10.6%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2002
16.1%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
14.9%
6.9%
5.7%
3 / 2002
12.5%
6.8%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.8%
6.3%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.3%
6.5%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.5%
7.2%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.0%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.0%
6.2%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.4%
6.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.7%
6.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.7%
6.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.1%
6.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2001
15.9%
5.5%
4.2%
2 / 2001
13.5%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
12.3%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.6%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.1%
4.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.4%
5.8%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.0%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.5%
5.5%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.9%
6.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.3%
6.1%
5.5%
12 / 2001
13.4%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 2000
16.8%
6.1%
4.0%
2 / 2000
14.4%
5.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
10.2%
5.7%
4.0%
4 / 2000
9.0%
4.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
8.2%
5.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
8.9%
6.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
7.8%
5.7%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.6%
5.3%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.5%
4.8%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.1%
5.0%
3.9%
11 / 2000
10.7%
4.8%
3.9%
12 / 2000
11.8%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1999
30.6%
5.7%
4.3%
2 / 1999
28.4%
5.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
23.0%
5.1%
4.2%
4 / 1999
19.2%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
19.4%
4.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
17.2%
5.6%
4.3%
7 / 1999
12.7%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
12.8%
5.1%
4.2%
9 / 1999
10.9%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
9.8%
5.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
10.7%
4.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
21.1%
5.1%
4.0%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1998
22.3%
6.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
18.2%
5.4%
4.6%
3 / 1998
16.0%
5.7%
4.7%
4 / 1998
8.5%
4.6%
4.3%
5 / 1998
9.7%
5.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.8%
6.0%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.0%
5.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
10.3%
5.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.4%
5.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.0%
5.1%
4.5%
11 / 1998
13.1%
4.5%
4.4%
12 / 1998
17.9%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1997
24.2%
6.6%
5.3%
2 / 1997
21.3%
6.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
18.5%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
11.0%
5.0%
5.1%
5 / 1997
12.5%
5.5%
4.9%
6 / 1997
13.8%
6.5%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.5%
6.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
12.1%
6.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.2%
5.7%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.7%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
10.6%
4.7%
4.6%
12 / 1997
19.5%
4.9%
4.7%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1996
27.7%
6.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
25.0%
6.4%
5.5%
3 / 1996
20.0%
6.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
15.8%
5.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
15.2%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 1996
15.7%
6.8%
5.3%
7 / 1996
12.5%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1996
14.1%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
11.2%
5.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
11.1%
5.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
15.1%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 1996
23.1%
5.4%
5.4%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1995
25.8%
6.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
20.9%
5.9%
5.4%
3 / 1995
20.2%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
16.5%
5.8%
5.8%
5 / 1995
15.7%
6.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
15.0%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.9%
6.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
19.0%
6.6%
5.7%
9 / 1995
16.3%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
14.6%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
20.0%
5.6%
5.6%
12 / 1995
24.4%
5.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1994
22.9%
7.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
21.8%
6.9%
6.6%
3 / 1994
18.5%
6.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
14.3%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
14.7%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 1994
18.8%
7.3%
6.1%
7 / 1994
16.8%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
16.2%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.4%
5.6%
5.9%
10 / 1994
11.9%
5.7%
5.8%
11 / 1994
10.2%
5.3%
5.6%
12 / 1994
18.3%
5.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1993
20.1%
7.7%
7.3%
2 / 1993
18.0%
7.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
16.3%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.6%
6.6%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.6%
7.0%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.3%
7.8%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.7%
6.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.6%
6.4%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.3%
6.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.7%
6.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.7%
5.4%
6.6%
12 / 1993
16.6%
5.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1992
22.2%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
20.4%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.0%
8.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.9%
7.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.7%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.2%
9.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.0%
8.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.0%
8.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.2%
7.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.2%
7.0%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.7%
6.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
16.1%
6.7%
7.4%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1991
25.3%
9.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
22.9%
9.2%
6.6%
3 / 1991
16.2%
9.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.3%
8.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
12.0%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
12.4%
10.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.5%
8.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.8%
8.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.1%
7.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.6%
7.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.6%
7.1%
7.0%
12 / 1991
16.2%
7.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Sharkey County, MS%
Mississippi%
National %
1 / 1990
23.2%
8.3%
5.4%
2 / 1990
22.1%
7.8%
5.3%
3 / 1990
15.2%
7.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.6%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.4%
7.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.1%
8.2%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.2%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
9.7%
7.6%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.3%
7.4%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.3%
7.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
10.5%
7.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
20.7%
7.9%
6.3%