GT's unemployment rates

Oktibbeha County’s unemployment rate rose from 3.9 percent in March to 4 percent in April. Starkville’s unemployment rate remained at 3.3 percent, according to preliminary data from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Other Golden Triangle counties’ unemployment rates include: Chickasaw (4.2%), Choctaw (4.7), Clay (5.4), Lowndes (4.5), Monroe (4.3), Noxubee (5.9), Webster (5) and Winston (5.5). In April, Rankin County reported the lowest unemployment rate at 3.1 percent. Jefferson County reported the highest at 10.5 percent. The state’s unemployment rate continued to fall from 4.3 percent in March to 4.2 percent in April. (Source: Starkville Daily News 05/30/18)