quick facts
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY
INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT & WAGES
Civilian Labor Force
1,375
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22.9%
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29.2%
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101.82 mills
Tallahatchie County
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Like many other counties in the NDPDD region, Tallahatchie County’s largest employer is the government according the 2011 Mississippi Department of Employment Security Annual Report.
LABOR FORCE SIZE & PARTICIPATION RATES
In 2000 the labor force of Tallahatchie County was 6,580 people. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security 2011 Annual Averages for Tallahatchie County was 6,450. The labor force continued to decline to 5,760 civilians in 2016.
UNEMPLOYMENT
The unemployment rate for Tallahatchie County was 6.8% in 2016, down from 12.9% in 2011. Based on the 2011 Mississippi Department of Employment Security Annual Report, 830 people were unemployed in Tallahatchie County. The chart below is a graph of the unemployment for the county, NDPDD, the state, and United States.
TAX STRUCTURE & OTHER FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
In 2016, Tallahatchie County had 3,857 Personal Income Tax payers pay $3,344,131 in taxes from $74,534,900 in net taxable income. The county also had 278 Sales Tax payers pay $3,646,021 from $62,011,585 in gross sales.