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November 2018 DeSoto 3.3
Mississippi 4.1 U.S. 3.5
Tunica 4.1
Marshall 4.2
Tate 4.1
Benton 4.7
Alcorn 3.7
Tippah 3.8
Prentiss 3.9
Union 3.2 Panola 4.9
Lafayette 3.3
Yalobusha 4.1
Tallahatchie 4.2 Bolivar 5.2
Calhoun 3.7
Leflore 5.9
Humphreys 7.5 Sharkey 5.7
Carroll 4.7
Montgomery 4.5
Holmes 7.5
2019
Lowndes 4.2
Oktibbeha 4.0
Choctaw 4.1
Noxubee 5.9
Winston 4.8
Attala 5.2
Yazoo 4.6
Issaquena 8.1
1979
Monroe 4.3
Clay 5.4
Webster 4.2
Washington 6.6
YEARS
Itawamba 3.6
Chickasaw 4.6
Grenada 3.8
Sunflower 6.8
Lee 3.4
Pontotoc 3.6
Quitman 6.1
Coahoma 5.4
Tishomingo 4.1
Leake 4.7
Neshoba 4.3
Scott 3.4
Newton 4.3
Kemper 7.0
Madison 3.2 Warren 4.6 Rankin 3.1
Hinds 4.0
Claiborne 7.3
Adams 5.3
Wilkinson 6.4
Franklin 5.2
Amite 5.0
Unemployment Rates
Lincoln 4.3
Pike 5.0
Jasper 5.3
Smith 4.2
Simpson 3.8
Copiah 4.9
Jefferson 9.4
Lauderdale 4.7
Covington Jones 3.9 4.3
Marion 4.4
Lamar 3.2
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Wayne 4.7
Lawrence Jeff Davis 5.4 5.3
Walthall 5.7
Clarke 4.9
Forrest 3.7
Perry 4.8
Stone 4.7
Pearl River 4.2
Greene 4.8
DINING
George 5.4
3.1 - 3.6 Hancock 4.4
Harrison 4.0
Jackson 4.8
Nov. Unemployment 3.7 - 4.6 4.7 - 6.8 6.9 - 9.4
Source: Labor Market Data Publication Design: Labor Market Information Department, MDES
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MBJ FOCUS
TECHNOLOGY {Section begins P11}
» MSU’s Grogan hopes C Spire experience a boost to future » Computer replacement and upgrades should be part of a business plan
{The List P13}
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SMALL BUSINESS {P3}
» We’re out of business, SBA says as it awaits return to mission
FOOD FANCIES
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» Cultivation Food Hall offers variety of cuisines
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Cultivation Food Hall opens this weekend in the District at Eastover.
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