DATA CENTER: WORKFORCE DATA

Employment, unemployment, educational attainment, major employers, and other labor force data

LABOR FORCE

With a population of 25,490 in Prentiss County, Mississippi, there is an available labor force of 12,030 people.

Available labor within a 60-mile radius of the county is 308,189 employees, of which 89.12% are employed. View the available labor pool map (PDF, 1.87 MB)

Labor Commuting	30 minutes	45 minutes	60 minutes
Labor Force	25,552	63,223	117,117
Employed	87.92%	88.83%	88.82%
Unemployed	11.97%	11.11%	11.09%

EMPLOYMENT

There is a 87% employment rate (excluding armed forces), with a job growth rate of -4.55%

Labor Force (2010)	Employed	Unemployed
12,030	10,464	1,538
	86.98%	12.78%

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

10.99% of the population has attained a bachelor's degree or higher.

Educational Attainment of Population Age 25 Years or Older in Prentiss County and the Cities of Baldwyn and Booneville, 2010

	High School	Some College	Associate Degree	Bachelor's Degree	Graduate Degree
Prentiss County	33.53%	18.99%	10.61%	8.69%	3.83%
City of Baldwyn	28.29%	24.19%	10.6%	9.4%	3.5%
City of Booneville	31.75%	18.49%	12.03%	10.8%	5.19%

Educational Attainment of Population Age 25 Years or Older by Radius in Miles from Prentiss County

	High School	Some College	Associate Degree	Bachelor's Degree	Graduate Degree
30 Mile Radius	35.32%	18.3%	8.11%	9.54%	4.41%
45 Mile Radius	36.46%	18.8%	7.1%	9.15%	4.41%
60 Mile Radius	35.15%	19.09%	6.55%	9.95%	5.35%

EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATION

Nearly t hirty percent of the workforce is employed as administrative support workers or in professional specialty occupations. Of the remainder, 14% of the workforce works in other site-based services and more than 10% work in precision, craft, and repair site-based services.

Download the full listing of employees by occupation, businesses by establishment type, employees by establishment type, establishments by size, and employees by major SIC (PDF, 245 KB) or download the data (XLS, 37 KB)