Choctaw County’s unemployment rate was at 4.1 percent in November.
The state’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in November while the national average, also unadjusted, was 3.5 percent.
Rankin County posted the lowest unemployment rate for the month at 3.1 percent while Jefferson had the highest at 9.4 percent. Choctaw county ranked number 20 in the state in unemployment.
Choctaw County had 4.2 percent rate in October and a 4.4 percent rate in November 2017.
November jobless rates in adjoining counties:
• Calhoun, 3.7 percent.
• Grenada, 3.8 percent.
• Oktibbeha, 4 percent.
• Choctaw, 4.1 percent.
• Montgomery, 4.5 percent.
• Chickasaw, 4.6 percent.
• Clay, 5.4 percent.
