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Statistics on children, youth and families in Mississippi from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Mississippi KIDS COUNT
Unemployment rate
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "unemployed persons [are] persons aged 16 years and older who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed. Unemployment rate…represents the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force."
Data Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, [Year] Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Available at: https://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
Available at: https://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm
Notes
Updated May 2022.
Includes revised figures for 2017-2020.
Includes revised figures for 2017-2020.
Last Updated
May 2022