Below is a press release from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their State Employment and Unemployment Summary for April of 2025.
Unemployment rates were higher in April in 3 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 2 states, and stable in 45 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Twenty-six states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 1 state had a decrease, and 23 states had little change.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 5 states and was essentially unchanged in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Over the year, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 16 states and was essentially unchanged in 34 states and the District.
The current unemployment rate for Mississippi (as of April 2025) stands at 4.0 percent.
For comparison, the unemployment rate for Mississippi in the previous reported month (March 2025) was reported as 3.9 percent.
Mississippi stands at a 1.2 percent increase from the same point the previous year (April, 2024).
Mississippi's unemployment rate at the beginning of the year stood at 3.6 percent (in January, 2025).
The national unemployment rate currently stands at 4.2 percent.
The national unemployment rate has remained unchanged from the previous month, and is at 0.3 percentage point higher than in April 2024.
Mississippi stands at 4.0 percent (a 0.2 percent decrease from the national unemployment rate).
The full report can be read by clicking here.
