Claiborne County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Claiborne County’s unemployment rate is 7.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Claiborne County economy

7.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
9.9% the month before
2,767
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,908
people in Claiborne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$34,371
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Claiborne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Claiborne 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

Employers hiring most in Claiborne County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Entergy4 open roles

Colleges in Claiborne County

Colleges in Claiborne County
College	City	Type	Students
Alcorn State University	Alcorn State	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Southcentral Mississippi Works Workforce Development Board
Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Pike, Rankin, Simpson, Walthall, Warren, Wilkinson, Yazoo

Cities in Claiborne County

Port Gibson4 jobs

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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.