For September 2024 Pontotoc County’s unemployment rate was set at 2.7%, tied with three other counties for 11th lowest jobless rate in the state, according to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission’s September report.
September’s 2.7% rate for September 2024 compares to 2.8 percent in August 2024 and 2.5% in September 2023.
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