Pascagoula, Mississippi Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pascagoula fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the Mississippi rate. The unemployment rate in Pascagoula peaked in June 2011 at 11.0% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pascagoula 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
Pascagoula	9.8%	-0.3	-0.4

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: Pascagoula, Mississippi, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pascagoula, Mississippi Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pascagoula peaked in November 2011 at 8,494. There are now 1,326 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pascagoula	7,168	-326	-534

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pascagoula, Mississippi Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Mississippi Unemployment Rate	Pascagoula Unemployment Rate	Pascagoula Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	9.8%	7,168
February 2012	8.3%	9.6%	10.1%	7,494
January 2012	8.3%	10.0%	10.4%	7,869
December 2011	8.5%	10.4%	10.7%	8,284
November 2011	8.7%	10.6%	11.0%	8,494
October 2011	8.9%	10.7%	11.0%	8,471
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	11.0%	8,396
August 2011	9.1%	10.9%	11.0%	8,308
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	11.0%	8,289
June 2011	9.1%	10.8%	11.0%	8,309
May 2011	9.0%	10.7%	10.8%	8,184
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.7%	8,116