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DeSoto County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

DeSoto County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 115 open professional jobs are in its cities.

DeSoto County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 96,894

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 188,598

    people in DeSoto County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $82,980

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

DeSoto County layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 60

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in DeSoto County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Laboratory Corporation of AmericaTakes effect Jun 9, 2026DeSoto County60Closure — WARN ± Due to Consolidation of Business.State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in DeSoto 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.

  1. xAI41 open roles
  2. DHL6 open roles
  3. SpaceX6 open roles
  4. Abacus Staffing4 open roles
  5. Amazon4 open roles
  6. GXO Logistics4 open roles
  7. Hyve Design Solutions4 open roles
  8. Emerson3 open roles
  9. Hubbell3 open roles
  10. NFI Industries3 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving DeSoto 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

Cities in DeSoto County

Other Mississippi counties

All of Mississippi

Laid off or looking for work in DeSoto 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.