SC Mississippi News

Leake County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 665 people out of the 21,452 living in Leake County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Leake County has decreased compared to the 8.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Leake County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.8%.

Of the 8,074 people who had a job during that time, 51 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,023 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	665	7.6%
Employed	8,074	92.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,023	91.8%
Employed in armed forces	51	0.6%