Simpson County, MS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Simpson County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Simpson County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
10,498
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,817
people in Simpson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,111
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Simpson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Simpson 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 Simpson 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

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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.