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Mississippi Population, Income, Education, Employment, and Federal Funds
| Mississippi Population |
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Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
2,520,770 |
| 1990 |
2,573,216 |
| 2000 |
2,844,658 |
| 2009 (latest estimates) |
2,951,996 |
| Mississippi Income |
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Total |
| Mississippi Per-capita income (2008 dollars) |
| 2007 |
29,542 |
| 2008 |
30,383 |
| Percent change |
-1.0 |
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| Mississippi Earnings per job (2008 dollars) |
| 2007 |
39,323 |
| 2008 |
38,697 |
| Percent change |
-1.6 |
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| Mississippi Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
23.9 |
| 1989 |
25.2 |
| 1999 |
19.9 |
| 2008 (latest model-based estimates) |
20.8 |
| Mississippi Education (Persons 25 and older) |
| |
Total |
| Mississippi Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
45.2 |
| 1990 |
35.7 |
| 2000 |
27.1 |
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| Mississippi Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
29.2 |
| 1990 |
27.5 |
| 2000 |
29.4 |
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| Mississippi Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
13.3 |
| 1990 |
22.0 |
| 2000 |
26.6 |
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| Mississippi Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
12.3 |
| 1990 |
14.7 |
| 2000 |
16.9 |
| Mississippi Employment |
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Total |
| Mississippi Total number of jobs |
| 2007 |
1,543,334 |
| 2008 |
1,558,262 |
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| Mississippi Percent employment change |
| 2006-2007 |
1.0 |
| 2007-2008 |
-0.5 |
| 2008-2009 |
-3.4 |
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| Mississippi Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2008 |
6.8 |
| 2009 |
9.6 |
| Mississippi Federal Funds, FY 2008 |
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Total |
| Mississippi Federal funding, dollars per person |
| Mississippi All Federal funds |
9,891 |
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| Mississippi Federal funding by purpose |
| Mississippi Agriculture and natural resources |
419 |
| Mississippi Community resources |
901 |
| Mississippi Defense and space |
1,593 |
| Mississippi Human resources |
262 |
| Mississippi Income security |
5,734 |
| Mississippi National functions |
983 |
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| Mississippi Federal funding by type of payments |
| Mississippi Grants |
1,718 |
| Mississippi Direct loans |
391 |
| Mississippi Guaranteed/insured loans |
580 |
| Mississippi Retirement/disability payments |
2,979 |
Mississippi Other direct payments to
individuals |
1,667 |
Mississippi Direct payments, not to
individuals |
172 |
| Mississippi Procurement contracts |
1,884 |
| Mississippi Salaries and wages |
501 |
Mississippi Organic Agriculture
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2008 |
| Number of certified operations |
23 |
| Mississippi Crops (acres) |
400 |
| Mississippi Pasture & rangeland (acres) |
1,033 |
| Mississippi Total acres |
1,433 |
Mississippi Farm Characteristics
| Mississippi 2007 Census of Agriculture |
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2007 |
| Mississippi Approximate total land area (acres) |
30,012,193 |
| Mississippi Total farmland (acres) |
11,456,241 |
| Percent of total land area |
38.2 |
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| Mississippi Cropland (acres) |
5,530,825 |
| Percent of total farmland |
48.3 |
| Percent in pasture |
13.4 |
| Percent irrigated |
24.7 |
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| Mississippi Harvested Cropland (acres) |
4,223,708 |
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| Mississippi Woodland (acres) |
3,610,991 |
| Percent of total farmland |
31.5 |
| Percent in pasture |
15.5 |
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| Mississippi Pastureland (acres) |
1,639,243 |
| Percent of total farmland |
14.3 |
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Mississippi Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc. (acres) |
675,182 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.9 |
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| Mississippi Conservation practices |
Mississippi Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(acres) |
1,107,406 |
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| Mississippi Average farm size (acres) |
273 |
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| Mississippi Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
48.8 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
40.4 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
5.4 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
3.0 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
2.4 |
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| Mississippi Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
71.2 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
15.4 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
2.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
4.5 |
| More than $500,000 |
6.3 |
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| Mississippi Tenure of farmers |
| Mississippi Full owner (farms) |
30,932 |
| Percent of total |
73.7 |
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| Mississippi Part owner (farms) |
8,572 |
| Percent of total |
20.4 |
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| Mississippi Tenant owner (farms) |
2,455 |
| Percent of total |
5.9 |
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| Mississippi Farm organization |
Mississippi Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
36,353 |
| Percent of total |
86.6 |
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Mississippi Family-held corporations
(farms) |
1,248 |
| Percent of total |
3.0 |
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| Mississippi Partnerships (farms) |
3,769 |
| Percent of total |
9.0 |
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| Mississippi Non-family corporations (farms) |
219 |
| Percent of total |
0.5 |
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Mississippi Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
370 |
| Percent of total |
0.9 |
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| Mississippi Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
58.6 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
38.0 |
| Men |
35,829 |
| Women |
6,130 |
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Mississippi Farm Financial Indicators
| Mississippi Farm income and value added data |
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2008 |
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| Mississippi Number of farms |
42,000 |
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Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
2,033,456 |
| + Final animal output |
2,907,617 |
| + Services and forestry |
803,910 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
5,744,983 |
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| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
3,637,408 |
| + Net government transactions |
199,813 |
| = Gross value added |
2,307,388 |
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| - Capital consumption |
422,330 |
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| = Net value added |
1,885,058 |
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| - Factor payments |
586,995 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
225,535 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
127,483 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
233,977 |
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| = Net farm income |
1,298,063 |
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Mississippi Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
| MS. Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2009 |
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Value of receipts
thousand $ |
| 1. Broilers |
2,102,977 |
| 2. Soybeans |
709,614 |
| 3. Corn |
329,977 |
| 4. Aquaculture |
204,787 |
| 5. Rice |
200,069 |
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| All commodities |
4,327,260 |
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| MS. Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2009 |
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Value
million $ |
| 1. Soybeans and products |
406.7 |
| 2. Poultry and products |
384.1 |
| 3. Rice |
178.4 |
| 4. Cotton and linters |
124.1 |
| 5. Feed grains and products |
73.8 |
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| Overall rank |
1,287.8 |
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| MS. Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007 |
| |
Thousands $ |
| 1. Smith County |
238,666 |
| 2. Scott County |
231,571 |
| 3. Neshoba County |
227,042 |
| 4. Leake County |
225,042 |
| 5. Sunflower County |
190,158 |
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| State total |
4,876,781 |
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State Offices
Mississippi Drug Policy, Enforcement and Government Agencies
Governor's Office
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
P.O. Box 139
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-3150
State Legislative Contact
Legislative Reference Bureau
P.O. Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215-1018
(601) 359-3135
State Drug Program Coordinator
Office of the Attorney General
P.O. Box 220
Jackson, MS 39205-0220
(601) 359-3692
Attorney General's Office
Carroll Gartin Justice Building
450 High Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-3680
Law Enforcement Planning
Department of Criminal Justice Planning
301 West Pearl Street
Jackson, MS 39203-3088
(601) 949-2225
Statistical Analysis Center
Department of Criminal Justice Planning
301 West Pearl Street
Jackson, MS 39203
(601) 949-2225
BJA Strategy Preparation Agency
Division of Public Safety Planning
Office of Justice Programs
301 West Pearl Street
Jackson, MS 39203-3088
(601) 949-2225
Judicial Agency
Supreme Court
Carroll Gartin Justice Building
450 High Street
Jackson, MS 39201-1082
(601) 359-3697
Corrections Agency
Department of Corrections
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
(601) 354-6454
RADAR Network Agency
Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcohol and Drug Services
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(601) 359-1288
HIV-Prevention Program
Mississippi Department of Health
HIV/AIDS Prevention Program
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
(601) 960-7723
Drug and Alcohol Agency
Department of Mental Health
Division of Alcohol and Drug Services
1101 Robert E. Lee Building
239 North Lamar Street
Jackson, MS 39201
(610) 359-1288
State Coordinator for Drug-Free Schools
Health Related Services
Mississippi Department of Education
550 High Street
Jackson, MS 39205
(601) 359-2459
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Mississippi alcohol sales spike; is it the bad economy?
MISSISSIPPI -- During the first eight months of theyear, liquor and wine sales in Mississippi have increased by more than $523,000 to $173.5 million.
And it's not even the busy season.
The Mississippi State Tax Commission tells The Clarion-Ledger in Jacksonthat nearly 40 percent of liquor sales are made between October and New Year's Day.
Kathy Waterbury, spokeswoman for the Tax Commission, says sales are up nationally as well.
The Tax Commission reports the average price for a case is down 2.19 percent and the average price for a case of liquor has fallen 1.33 percent.
Nathan McHardy, co-owner of Briarwood Wine and Spiritsin Jackson, says customers are buying less expensive spirits. He sayshe's stocking cheaper brands, such as wines from places such asArgentina, Chile and Spain.
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Mississippi town repeals blue law banning alcohol sales on Sunday
MISSISSIPPI - Students and members of the community at Mississippi State University, in Starkville, were permitted to purchase alcohol on a Sunday after the passing of a new city ordinance.
More | | Mississippi alcohol sales spike is it the bad economy
MISSISSIPPI -- During the first eight months of theyear, liquor and wine sales in Mississippi have increased by more than $523,000 to $173.5 million.
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Alcohol Treatment Centers by City in Mississippi Listed Alphabetically: | | Quick Drug Facts |
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