Mississippi News

Mississippi’s unemployment rate drops again

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has announced that Mississippi’s unemployment rate reached a new record low of 2.8 percent in April 2024.

Gov. Tate Reeves’ office touted the report as another major win for the state.

Just one month into 2024, Mississippi set a record for new private sector investment in a year when it finalized approximately $12 billion in new economic development projects. This includes the largest economic development project in Mississippi’s history, a $10 billion private sector investment by Amazon Web Services that will create 1,000 jobs.

“If you want to work, there’s a job for you in Mississippi,” said Reeves. “We have record-shattering private sector investment and thousands of new high-paying jobs coming to our state, which is helping to drive down unemployment to record lows.”

Bob Bakken

Bob Bakken provides content for DeSoto County News and its social media channels. He is an award-winning broadcaster, along with being a reporter and photographer, and has done sports media relations work with junior and minor league hockey teams. Along with his reports on this website, you will find this veteran media member providing sports updates and high school football play-by-play on Rebel 95.3 FM Radio.