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Coahoma, Mississippi
Coahoma County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2026
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Mar 2018
Maintained 1: May 2021
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Coahoma is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 1 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Improved Certificates - 1 points
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
| Emerging | High School | 691 | 293 | 274 | 93 | 31 |
| College | 131 | 52 | 58 | 17 | + | |
| Current | Private | 187 | 77 | 84 | 16 | 10 |
| Public | 247 | 117 | 106 | 23 | + | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 42 | 24 | 14 | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 999 | 495 | 437 | 60 | 7 | |
| Recent Veteran | 16 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
| Totals | 2307 | 1061 | 976 | 217 | 53 | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 691 | 293 | 274 | 93 | 31 |
| College | 131 | 52 | 58 | 17 | + | |
| Current | Private | 187 | 77 | 84 | 16 | 10 |
| Public | 247 | 117 | 106 | 23 | + | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 42 | 24 | 14 | + | 0 |
| Unemployed | 999 | 495 | 437 | 60 | 7 | |
| Recent Veteran | 16 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | + | + | 0 | + | 0 | |
| Totals | 2307 | 1061 | 976 | 217 | 53 | |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Jan 31, 2026
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 348 | 822 |
|
✓
Current |
252 | 434 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 607 | 1049 |
| Workforce category not identified | + | 2 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 46 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 74 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Bronze | 92 | 2 | 1 | |
| Silver | 14 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 1 | |||
Employers in Coahoma County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
Metso Minerals Inc.
- SafTcart
- Sweet Magnolia Gelato Co.
- Clarksdale Press Register
Coahoma Community College
Delta Southern UAS
Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce
- Hal Fiser Agency
- Cooper Pang Eye Clinic
- Smith & Weiland Surveyors and Engineers
Tri-County Workforce Alliance
Luckett Tyner Law Firm P.A.
- Drumheller Packaging Inc.
- Planters Bank
Vantage South
- Center Pivot LLC
Meredith Nowell Funeral Home
delta furniture company
- Mississippi Vac Services Inc
Southern Duplicating of Clarksdale Inc.
- Mississippi Department of Human Services
- Hinds Community College - Utica Campus
- Cooperative Energy
- Mike Rozier Construction Co. Inc.
First Security Bank
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