Mississippi state Economy Profile

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Mississippi state Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Mississippi, 20.15% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 8.33% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Mississippi. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Mississippi is as follows: 5.16%.

In Mississippi government workers account for 17.6% of workers. 75.63% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Mississippi is equal to $31,330 while median family income is $37,406. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Mississippi are thirty thousand, five hundred and forty-nine dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $21,554.

0.0 of families in Mississippi are below poverty line (total population in Mississippi is two million, eight hundred and forty-four thousand, six hundred and fifty-eight). There are 71,541 families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Mississippi resident is 33.8 years old.

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
Population 16 years and over	2,158,941		217,168,077
In labor force	1,282,757	59.42%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,267,092	58.69%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,173,314	54.35%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	93,778	4.34%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	15,665	0.73%	0.53%
Not in labor force	876,184	40.58%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	1,135,691	52.6%	51.66%
In labor force	607,715	28.15%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	604,882	28.02%	29.65%
- - Employed	556,309	25.77%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	226,744	10.5%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	139,955		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,164,118		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	924,506	79.42%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	176,465	15.16%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	6,587	0.57%	4.73%
Walked	21,868	1.88%	2.93%
Other means	12,093	1.04%	1.19%
Worked at home	22,599	1.94%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	24.6		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,173,314		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	321,110	27.37%	33.65%
Service occupations	174,390	14.86%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	292,544	24.93%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	14,462	1.23%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	131,751	11.23%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	239,057	20.37%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	39,473	3.36%	1.87%
Construction	88,818	7.57%	6.78%
Manufacturing	215,203	18.34%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	39,717	3.39%	3.6%
Retail trade	138,646	11.82%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	63,189	5.39%	5.2%
Information	21,449	1.83%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	55,744	4.75%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	60,557	5.16%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	236,382	20.15%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	97,698	8.33%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	56,215	4.79%	4.87%
Public administration	60,223	5.13%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	887,425	75.63%	78.47%
Government workers	206,523	17.6%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	75,022	6.39%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	4,344	0.37%	0.31%

	Mississippi	%, Mississippi	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	1,047,555		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	169,227	16.15%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	92,129	8.79%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	164,830	15.73%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	147,966	14.12%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	171,410	16.36%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	168,393	16.07%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	70,718	6.75%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	40,339	3.85%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	9,904	0.95%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	12,639	1.21%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	31,330		41,994
With earnings	808,502	37.45%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	43,399		56,604
With Social Security income	292,085	13.53%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,827		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	79,843	3.7%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,671		6,320
With public assistance income	37,178	1.72%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,919		3,032
With retirement income	163,927	7.59%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,036		17,376
Families	752,234		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	78,333	10.41%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	54,918	7.3%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	110,172	14.65%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	106,934	14.22%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	136,457	18.14%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	145,566	19.35%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	63,610	8.46%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	36,635	4.87%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,936	1.19%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	10,673	1.42%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	37,406		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	15,853		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	30,549		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	21,554		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	120,039		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	92,224	76.83%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	42,715	35.58%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	71,541		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	62,113	86.82%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	28,798	40.25%	42.27%
Individuals	548,079		33,899,812
18 years and over	341,629	62.33%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	61,239	11.17%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	203,101	37.06%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	145,549	26.56%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	131,634	24.02%	31.63%

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