Winston County’s unemployment rate was 5.5 percent and the ranked 55 in the state in November.
Winston County had an estimated Labor force of 7,000 persons with 6,610 working and 390 unemployed. The twelve month average for the county is 6 percent.
Over the last 5 years this year’s 5.6 rate is the best rate for the county with last year at 6.3 percent and 2012 at almost double the rate at 10.6 percent.
The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 4.5 percent in November while the national average was 3.9 percent, also unadjusted. Lamar County posted the lowest unemployment rate for the month at 3.2 percent while Jefferson had the highest at 10.9 percent.
November jobless rates in adjoining counties:
• Attala, 6.1 percent.
• Neshoba, 4.7 percent.
• Oktibbeha, 4 percent.
• Choctaw, 4.6 percent.
• Noxubee, 6.8 percent.
