Hattiesburg, Mississippi Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Hattiesburg fell 0.5 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Mississippi rate. The unemployment rate in Hattiesburg peaked in April 2011 at 9.5% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Hattiesburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Mississippi	9.0%	-0.6	-1.5
Hattiesburg	8.1%	-0.5	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Hattiesburg peaked in November 2011 at 6,674. There are now 1,095 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Hattiesburg employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Hattiesburg	5,579	-377	-762

Number of Unemployed Persons

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Mississippi Unemployment Rate	Hattiesburg Unemployment Rate	Hattiesburg Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	8.1%	5,579
February 2012	8.3%	9.6%	8.6%	5,956
January 2012	8.3%	10.0%	9.0%	6,279
December 2011	8.5%	10.4%	9.3%	6,551
November 2011	8.7%	10.6%	9.4%	6,674
October 2011	8.9%	10.7%	9.4%	6,666
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	9.3%	6,573
August 2011	9.1%	10.9%	9.2%	6,424
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	9.3%	6,418
June 2011	9.1%	10.8%	9.3%	6,460
May 2011	9.0%	10.7%	9.3%	6,434
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	9.5%	6,543