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 11,772 people.

Available labor within a 60-mile radius of the county is 302,030 employees, of which 93% are employed. View the available labor pool map (PDF, 1.87 MB)

Labor Commuting	30 minutes	45 minutes	60 minutes
Labor Force	24,328	59,349	112,454
Employed	94.16%	93.65%	92.62%
Unemployed	5.71%	6.28%	7.3%

EMPLOYMENT

There is a 93.58% employment rate, with a job growth rate of 7.38%

Labor Force (2008)	Employed	Unemployed
5,688	5.242	446
	92.16%	7.84%

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, 2008

	High School	Some College	Associate Degree	Bachelor's Degree	Graduate Degree
Prentiss County	34.6%	17.2%	7.8%	6.4%	4.6%
City of Baldwyn	30.4%	20.4%	10.2%	7.9%	4.1%
City of Booneville	33.2%	16.8%	9%	8.1%	6.3%

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	73.1%	36.3%	19.7%	12.7%	4.5%
45 Mile Radius	73.8%	36.8%	19.6%	13.1%	4.5%
60 Mile Radius	74.4%	38.6%	20.8%	14.5%	5.1%

EMPLOYEES BY OCCUPATION

Thirty percent of the workforce is employed as administrative support workers or in professional specialty occupations. Of the remainder, 13.76% of the workforce works in other site-based services and 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)