Jobless Rate In Mississippi Hits New Record

MISSISSIPPI, (WCBI)- The U.S. Labor Department releases new numbers on Mississippi’s unemployment rate.

The jobless rate fell 4.5% from 4.8% in December.

That’s down from January 2017’s 5.4%.

While more people say they have jobs, the labor force did shrink a little.

A separate payroll survey reached 1.16 million in December surpassing the high set in December, and is a 12,000 job gain over January 2017.