Calhoun County’s unemployment dropped for a sixth consecutive month in November according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Calhoun County recorded an unemployment rate of 8.9% in November, which was comparable to the 8.6% and 8.8% in November the past two years.
November was the sixth straight month the county’s unemployment rate decreased, going back to the 11% recorded in June.
The unemployment rate for the state as a whole in November was 7.6%. The national rate was 6.6%.
Rates of surrounding counties in November were Lafayette 5.2, Yalobusha 8.5, Grenada 7.9, Webster 11.0, Chickasaw 11.1, and Pontotoc 7.6.