Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US states.

Safety32#35/51
Economy4#49/51
Housing70#16/51
Health10#46/51
Healthcare0#51/51
Environment25#37/49
Education24#39/51
Infrastructure0#51/51
Community10#46/51
Leisure & amenities4#49/51

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mississippi ranks highest and lowest among US states (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Cost of buying a home today · low25.6%
98/100United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Drinking water violations · low0
96/100United States 02023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Home price to income ratio · low3.0×
93/100United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Depression · low20.1%
84/100United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Social associations · high12.6 /10k
84/100United States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
82/100United States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low3.1 /10k
0/100United States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Food environment index · low4.1
0/100United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · low58.2%
0/100United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Lack of reliable transportation · high12.4%
0/100United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Public transit commuters · low0.3%
0/100United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Broadband subscriptions · low84.1%
0/100United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysWorsening
0 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
+271%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 43% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+40 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 84.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
26.1 /100k (2021) → 14.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−44%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
5,013 /100k (2019) → 3,252 /100k (2023)
−35%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
22.2 /100k (2021) → 14.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−34%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mississippi improved on 16 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among states: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved16

Restaurants+19%6.0 /10k → 7.1 /10k
Poverty−1.7 points19.5% → 17.8%
Broadband+13 points71.5% → 84.1%
Uninsured−3.3 points15.4% → 12.1%
High school++2.6 points84.5% → 87.1%

Declined7

Suicides+20%13.9 /100k → 16.7 /100k
Commute+0.9 min24.8 min → 25.6 min
Rent / income+1 points29.7% → 30.7%
Traffic deaths+12%22.5 /100k → 25.1 /100k
Airport+11 mi49 mi → 60 mi

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Mississippi between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.6 /10k2020	3.1 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	68%
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	25.6 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Declined	5%
Average weekly wage	$8312020	$1,0242025	+23%	Improved	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	23%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	84.1%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	97%
Child poverty rate	27.6%2019	25.0%2024	−2.6 points	Improved	88%
Distance to an airport	49 mi2020	60 mi2025	+11 mi	Declined	1%
Drug overdose deaths	19.1 /100k2020	14.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−24%	Improved	46%
Effective property tax rate	0.65%2015-2019	0.58%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	23%
Firearm deaths	27.6 /100k2020	25.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.5%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+0.7%	Within the margin of error	50%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	75%
High school diploma or higher	84.5%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	99%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	74%
Homicide rate	19.5 /100k2020	14.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Improved	26%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,2372019	$59,8882024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4812015-2019	0.4832020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$45,9282019	$59,3012024	+29%	Improved	85%
New business applications	17.1 /1k2020	17.8 /1k2025	+3.6%	Little change	9%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	79%
Poverty rate	19.5%2019	17.8%2024	−1.7 points	Improved	96%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−0.3%	Within the margin of error	83%
Public transit commuters	0.3%2015-2019	0.3%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	30.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Declined	21%
Rent-burdened households	49.3%2015-2019	51.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Declined	30%
Restaurants and bars	6.0 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	+19%	Improved	99%
Students per teacher	14.8×2019	13.4×2024	−1.4×	Improved	85%
Suicide rate	13.9 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Declined	3%
Traffic deaths	22.5 /100k2015-2019	25.1 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Declined	30%
Unemployment rate	7.9%2020	3.8%2025	−4.1 points	Improved	77%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.4%2019	12.1%2024	−3.3 points	Improved	99%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 51 states that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

States like Mississippi five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mississippi in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Mississippi itself moved +1.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,946,779 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,145,431 households (±4,267)

Mississippi
United States share

Under $25k23%265,118
$25k–50k22%252,441
$50k–75k17%189,041

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,145,431 households (±4,267)

Mississippi
United States share

Own70%801,788
Rent30%343,643

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.8 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,243,121 workers (±6,852)

Mississippi
United States share

Drive alone82%1,017,486
Carpool9.2%114,676
Public transit0.3%3,275

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Mississippi employ 267,760 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Mississippi by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons38,400 jobs	38,400	$28,640US $35,410	−19%	1.32×
Fast Food and Counter Workers31,220 jobs	31,220	$22,610US $31,200	−28%	1.08×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand30,750 jobs	30,750	$36,400US $40,240	−10%	1.39×
Cashiers30,490 jobs	30,490	$26,390US $32,880	−20%	1.32×
Registered Nurses29,060 jobs	29,060	$77,090US $97,550	−21%	1.15×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers24,160 jobs	24,160	$51,820US $58,640	−12%	1.57×
Stockers and Order Fillers23,420 jobs	23,420	$34,270US $37,330	−8%	1.1×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides21,800 jobs	21,800	$23,860US $35,800	−33%	0.68×
Customer Service Representatives20,860 jobs	20,860	$36,380US $44,770	−19%	1.07×
Office Clerks, General17,600 jobs	17,600	$34,900US $45,010	−22%	0.95×

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Mississippi has 60,465 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 956,079 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,550. The Census Bureau also counts 264,439 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 60,465; 264,439 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248
Paid employees: 956,079
Average annual pay: $47,550; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mississippi by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	4,982	16.9	0.92×About typical	99,708	$17,836	1,802
Ambulatory health care services	4,809	16.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	55,153	$63,031	13,242
Religious organizations	2,836	9.6	1.74×More than typical	17,835	$21,562	—
Specialty trade contractors	2,680	9.1	0.59×Fewer than typical	23,390	$59,385	21,870
Limited-service restaurants	2,498	8.5	1.06×About typical	56,846	$16,091	661
Lessors of real estate	2,040	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	6,898	$45,870	19,006
Gasoline stations	1,895	6.4	1.99×More than typical	13,230	$24,468	237
Full-service restaurants	1,752	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	36,665	$20,953	686
Offices of physicians	1,514	5.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	19,028	$91,775	2,032
Truck transportation	1,446	4.9	0.97×About typical	21,094	$54,920	10,064
Banks and credit unions	1,372	4.7	1.44×More than typical	17,240	$73,449	44
Legal services	1,355	4.6	0.86×About typical	6,520	$70,740	2,052

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,942,470 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.9B on contracts performed in Mississippi: $1,988 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.9B; −27% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,988; US $1,994
Sole-source: 37%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$3.9B67%
Department of the Army$425.9M7.3%
Department of the Air Force$367M6.2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$334.4M5.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$156.4M2.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$119.1M2.0%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$57.1M1.0%
Forest Service$44.6M0.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.4BFY2017
8.1BFY2018
7.3BFY2019
6.8BFY2020
4.9BFY2021
5BFY2022
8.7BFY2023
6.3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Ship and boat building · 3366$3.7B63%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$479.2M8.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$208.1M3.5%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$171M2.9%
Facilities support services · 5612$155.4M2.6%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$155.3M

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF DDG 51 SHIPS FY23-27$8.5B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED· Jackson County, MS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 1, 2023 – Jun 9, 2026· N0002423C2307
FY18-FY22 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION$7B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED· Jackson County, MS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 27, 2018 – Jun 10, 2026· N0002418C2307
LPD 30 LLTM$4.7B
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INCORPORATED· Jackson County, MS· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 2, 2018 – Jun 2, 2026· N0002418C2406
DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (DD&C) FOR LHA 8 (INITIAL EFFORT LIMITED TO PLANNING, ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND PROCUREMENT OF LONG LEAD TIME MATERIAL)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $30.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Mississippi: $10,323 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $30.5B; −0.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10,323; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.6B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$10.7B35%
93.778 · Grants to States for Medicaid$6.1B20%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$2.2B7.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2B6.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.2B4.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$863.3M2.8%
10.551 · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program$646.6M2.1%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$366M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID$6.3B21%
JACKSON, MS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES$1B3.4%
JACKSON, MS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$845.5M2.8%
JACKSON, MS
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION$777.2M2.5%
JACKSON, MS
MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$14.8B48%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$6.5B21%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$2.4B8.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Food and Nutrition Service$1.1B3.6%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

33.2BFY2021
28.9BFY2022
29.1BFY2023
30.6BFY2024
30.6BFY2025
30.5BFY2026

County aggregates

57%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Federal money per resident in Mississippi, and how its outcomes moved, each next to the United States. Counties whose money jumped are compared on their own pages.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Mississippi
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$2,145	$1,436
FY2018	$2,708	$1,552
FY2019	$2,465	$1,654
FY2020	$2,290	$1,880
FY2021	$1,651	$1,810
FY2022	$1,698	$1,917
FY2023	$2,958	$2,079
FY2024	$2,119	$2,047
FY2025	$2,709	$2,165
FY2026	$1,988 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2017	$110	$93.28
FY2018	$116	$105
FY2019	$147	$128
FY2020	$105	$145
FY2021	$152	$117
FY2022	$148

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$6,069	$5,748
FY2022	$5,338	$5,221
FY2023	$6,704	$5,364
FY2024	$6,035	$5,501
FY2025	$6,274	$5,732
FY2026	$5,593

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$251	$298
FY2022	$311	$357
FY2023	$379	$301
FY2024	$320	$319
FY2025	$395	$360
FY2026	$371

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$190	$239
FY2022	$179	$185
FY2023	$195	$229
FY2024	$198	$229
FY2025	$230	$249
FY2026	$166 (partial year)

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$2,459	$2,304
FY2022	$2,230	$2,197
FY2023	$2,306	$2,274
FY2024	$2,330	$2,267
FY2025	$2,318	$2,397
FY2026	$2,542

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Mississippi and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Mississippi	United States
FY2021	$1,032	$1,186
FY2022	$323	$465
FY2023	$56.23	$76.52
FY2024	$69.21	$120
FY2025	$84.80	$148
FY2026	$87.64

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Mississippi
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Mississippi and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	0.8%	2.0%
2015	1.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Counties of Mississippi whose money per resident jumped. Open a county for its comparison with similar counties.

Lawrence County, MSContracts and grants · FY2024$1,353 (13×)
Attala County, MSFederal contracts · FY2024$1,249 (22×)
Attala County, MSConstruction contracts · FY2024$1,160 (—)
Attala County, MSContracts and grants · FY2024$1,859 (2.4×)
Marion County, MSTransportation grants · FY2024$1,065 (7.2×)

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/28

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mississippi is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Senate

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Counties of Mississippi

All 82 counties, best quality-of-life score first.

Metro areas in Mississippi

Metropolitan and micropolitan areas based in Mississippi, largest first.

Largest cities and towns in Mississippi

By population.

All 427 cities and towns in Mississippi

Neighboring states

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar states

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	−2.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+4.2%	+6.8%
2019	+6.5%	+10.5%
2020	+13.2%	+19.4%
2021	+17.8%	+26.1%
2022	+24.3%	+30.6%
2023	+28.7%	+35.0%
2024	+33.5%	+41.0%
2025	+39.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	−2.8%	−5.5%
2015	−1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+5.6%	+8.9%
2019	+9.8%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+32.0%	+32.1%
2022	+31.8%	+35.4%
2023	+39.3%	+42.9%
2024	+46.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	2.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	−4.9%	−6.9%
2015	−2.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+4.7%
2018	+7.1%	+7.5%
2019	+9.9%	+14.0%
2020	+13.3%	+16.9%
2021	+16.9%	+21.0%
2022	+26.3%	+29.7%
2023	+30.1%	+34.9%
2024	+41.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	21.9%	15.5%
2015	22.1%	14.7%
2016	21.0%	14.0%
2017	19.9%	13.4%
2018	19.8%	13.1%
2019	19.5%	12.3%
2020	18.7%	11.9%
2021	19.2%	12.8%
2022	19.2%	12.6%
2023	18.3%	12.5%
2024	17.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	7.6%	6.2%
2015	6.5%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	5.2%	4.4%
2018	4.9%	3.9%
2019	5.5%	3.7%
2020	7.9%	8.1%
2021	5.4%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	−8.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+8.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+16.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+33.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+37.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+36.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+40.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+40.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	17.1%	13.5%
2015	14.8%	10.9%
2016	14.0%	10.0%
2017	14.5%	10.2%
2018	14.4%	10.4%
2019	15.4%	10.8%
2020	13.9%	10.4%
2021	14.3%	10.2%
2022	13.1%	9.5%
2023	12.5%	9.5%
2024	12.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Mississippi	United States
2014	7.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	17.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	22.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	19.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	17.8/1k	16.6/1k

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