Chickasaw County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Chickasaw County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Chickasaw County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
5,647
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,994
people in Chickasaw County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$43,041
median household income
Source: Census ACS
21%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Chickasaw County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Chickasaw County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chickasaw County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Mississippi Partnership Workforce Investment Area
Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, De Soto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha

Houston WIN Job Center
Houston · Comprehensive · 662-407-1219
Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm; Closed daily 12pm-1pm

Cities in Chickasaw County

Houston

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in Chickasaw County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Mississippi’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.