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Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gulfport fell 0.2 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Mississippi rate. The unemployment rate in Gulfport peaked in April 2020 at 20.9% and is now 17.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Gulfport unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Mississippi 3.2% -0.2 -0.5
Gulfport 3.2% -0.2 -0.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gulfport, Mississippi, National

Gulfport, Mississippi monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gulfport, Mississippi Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gulfport peaked in April 2020 at 33,528. There are now 28,191 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Gulfport 5,337 -177 -1,084

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gulfport, Mississippi Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Mississippi
Unemployment Rate
Gulfport
Unemployment Rate
Gulfport
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 3.2% 3.2% 5,337
April
2023
3.4% 3.4% 3.4% 5,514
March
2023
3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 5,717
February
2023
3.6% 3.7% 3.6% 5,891
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 3.8% 6,196
December
2022
3.5% 4.0% 3.9% 6,442
November
2022
3.6% 4.1% 3.9% 6,455
October
2022
3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 6,473
September
2022
3.5% 4.0% 3.9% 6,471
August
2022
3.7% 3.9% 3.9% 6,440
July
2022
3.5% 3.8% 3.9% 6,388

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.