NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI Moving Forward Together
Northeast Mississippi Regional Profile
2011
Commission on the Future of Northeast Mississippi CHAIRMAN Dr. Gloria Kellum
VICE CHAIRMAN Glenn McCullough, Jr.
COMMISSION MEMBERS Alcorn
Gary Chandler John Mercier Clayton Stanley Sandy Williams (Emeritus)
Benton
Bill Renick Senator Bill Stone Patrick Washington
Calhoun
John Burt Lisa McNeece
Chickasaw
Hassell H. Franklin Patsy Gregory Bill Smith
Clay
Kenny Dill Eddie Longstreet
Itawamba
B.J. Canup Dr. David Cole
Lafayette
Bea Daniels Dr. Gloria Kellum Randy Leister
Lee
Grace Clark Billy Crews Glenn McCullough, Jr. Guy Mitchell, III Eddie Prather Jack Reed, Sr. (Emeritus) Judge Rickey Thompson
Marshall
Dr. Gemma Beckley Mayor Andre' DeBerry Del Stover
Monroe
Dr. Lavon Fluker-Reed Skip Miles Jean Pinkley
Oktibbeha
Terry Kemp Rhonda Keenum Vernon West
Pontotoc
Phyllis Ford High Judge James L. Roberts, Jr.
Prentiss
Dr. Johnny Allen Ronny Rowland
Tippah
Duane Bullard Bobby Martin Kyle Smith
Tishomingo
Greg Pharr Mike Webb
Union
Betsey Hamilton Denotee Martin Phil Morris
University
Dr. Andy Mullins, UM Kyle Steward, MSU
A special acknowledgment is also extended to Mr. Pete Walley and The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning for their assistance in compiling the data for this report. Acknowledgement is also extended to the following organizations for their assistance in making this report possible: Mississippi Department of Education Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Human Services Mississippi Department of Public Safety Mississippi Employment Security Commission Tupelo Regional Airport Authority
City of Aberdeen Port Authority Port of Amory Itawamba County Port Authority Yellow Creek Port Authority Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
Regional Profile
2011
Northeast Mississippi GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS Population: 489,359
Households: 191,684
By Gender Male Female
2010 48.68% 51.32%
By Race and Ethnicity White African American Other
2010 71.47% 26.00% 2.52%
By Age Age 0-9 10-20 21-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+
2010 13.60% 15.78% 6.40% 13.38% 12.69% 13.08% 10.93% 7.55% 6.59%
CREATE FOUNDATION
LABOR MARKET Residence Based Amounts Civilian Labor Force Unemployed Unemployment Rate Employed
2010 208,390 25,350 12.2% 183,040
2009 209,880 23,950 11.4% 185,930
2008 219,810 17,930 8.2% 201,880
2007 223,800 16,260 7.3% 207,560
2006 226,040 16,750 7.4% 209,290
2005 224,790 16,130 7.2% 208,660
Establishment Based Amounts Manufacturing Non-manufacturing Agricultural Forestry, Fishing & Hunting Mining Utilities Construction Wholesale Trade Retail Trade Transportation & Warehousing Information Finance & Insurance Real Estate, Rental & Leasing Professional Scientific & Technical Services Management of Companies Administrative Support & Waste Management Educational Services Health Care & Social Assistance Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Accommodations & Food Services Other Services (except public administrative) Government Education Total Non-agricultural Employment
2010 29,640 140,070 1,290 280 960 6,660 4,560 21,060 6,680 1,570 4,540 1,440 4,380 1,480 8,640 1,110 19,560 710 13,630 3,050 38,490 23,170 169,710
2009 34,970 139,960 1,270 250 940 6,670 4,740 21,130 6,620 1,580 4,510 1,500 4,700 1,550 8,250 970 19,450 850 13,660 3,070 38,250 23,450 174,930
2008 43,920 143,890 1,270 270 940 6,980 5,070 22,150 6,770 1,710 4,600 1,600 5,030 1,630 9,030 990 19,880 970 13,780 3,110 38,110 23,370 187,810
2007 51,130 145,470 1,300 380 900 7,660 4,980 23,100 6,970 1,710 4,890 1,780 4,880 1,570 7,810 1,620 19,190 1,320 13,990 3,010 38,410 23,670 196,600
2006 54,070 140,710 1,230 370 900 6,640 4,980 22,200 6,460 1,650 4,310 1,790 4,550 1,590 7,360 1,550 18,890 860 14,470 3,100 37,810 23,770 194,780
2005 55,640 136,040 1,590 440 910 6,840 5,100 22,530 6,400 1,610 4,390 1,660 3,740 1,930 6,110 1,140 18,220 1,030 12,490 3,210 36,700 22,350 191,680
ECONOMY 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Per Capita Income
$28,050
$27,773
$28,050
$27,141
$25,217
$24,412
$22,797
Median Household Income
$35,146
$35,084
$34,399
$34,487
$35,301
$34,167
$32,470
Unemployment Rate
12.2%
11.4%
8.2%
7.3%
7.4%
7.2%
6.5%
Net New Businesses
N/A
-49
101
120
186
38
87
36.86%
36.65%
37.26%
37.22%
36.44%
37.64%
39.44%
% of Households with income equal or less than $24,999
Employment Occupational Composition % Professional and Technical Executive, Administrative and Managerial Sales Administrative Support and Clerical Production, Craft and Repair Transportation and Material Moving Handlers, Helpers and Laborers Service
Net New Business By County Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clay Itawamba Lafayette Lee Marshall Monroe Oktibbeha Pontotoc Prentiss Tippah Tishomingo Union Region
2010 15.57% 9.46% 10.79% 13.72% 24.91% 8.16% 0.94% 16.58%
Establishment-Based Employment Composition % 2010 17.5% Manufacturing Non-Manufacturing 82.5%
Per Capita Income by County Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clay Itawamba Lafayette Lee Marshall
2010 $27,956 $23,142 $25,681 $26,154 $27,998 $27,595 $31,994 $33,183 $26,048
2009 -21 3 -5 -1 -7 -17 19 -23 1 6 3 11 -5 -2 -3 -8 -49
2010 $27,481 $28,806 $24,196 $26,126 $24,802 $24,935 $26,412 $26,851
Monroe Oktibbeha Pontotoc Prentiss Tippah Tishomingo Union Region
INFRASTRUCTURE 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Airport Departures (Tupelo Airport)
12,003
13,088
15,936
28,449
22,993
20,669
20,669
Port Tonnage (thousands of tons)
997.99
645.30
1132.70
868.81
1197.62
539.75
957.25
EDUCATION 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Percent of Population 25+ with HS Diploma
75.65%
69.05%
69.00%
68.98%
68.90%
69.08%
68.92%
Average Expenditure per Student
$8,908
$8,840
$8,778
$8,123
$7,703
$7,153
$6,722
ACT Core Students
n/a
20.51
20.85
20.92
20.89
20.59
20.66
ACT All Students
n/a
19.08
19.30
19.17
19.10
18.91
19.05
13.46
12.95
13.06
13.95
13.95
13.95
14.14
Average Class Size
2010 Dropout/Completor/Graduation Rates by District Dropout Rate Completor Rate 89.2 7.9 Aberdeen 83.7 12.9 Alcorn County 86.6 12.7 Amory 92.5 6.7 Baldwyn 80.7 16.3 Benton County 90.5 9.5 Booneville 91.4 4.7 Calhoun County 79.4 17.9 Chickasaw County 89.9 7.4 Corinth 78.7 19.5 Holly Springs 69.8 25.1 Houston 81.6 15.2 Itawamba County 83.6 14.0 Lafayette County 74.7 20.6 Lee County 79.3 17.0 Marshall County 84.9 10.9 Monroe County 82.1 17.1 Nettleton 87.5 7.0 New Albany 84.8 9.0 North Tippah 71.8 19.3 Okolona 66.7 28.1 Oktibbeha County 84.0 10.4 Oxford 89.3 10.1 Pontotoc 90.8 6.5 Pontotoc County 84.5 14.3 Prentiss County 85.7 12.5 South Tippah 71.3 23.2 Starkville 88.9 6.7 Tishomingo County 74.7 22.4 Tupelo 95.7 2.1 Union County 62.8 28.6 West Point Mississippi
17.0
78.6
Graduation Rate 76.8 73.2 78.2 79.8 69.9 88.6 84.3 55.0 82.1 70.8 64.2 71.3 74.1 64.9 69.6 76.3 75.6 75.8 73.2 46.1 58.0 75.0 81.4 80.4 78.8 68.8 69.5 77.4 70.0 85.7 58.5 71.4
ACT Averages By County Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clay Itawamba Lafayette Lee Marshall Monroe Oktibbeha Pontotoc Prentiss Tippah Tishomingo Union Mississippi
Core Students 2009 20.76 18.90 17.60 19.13 18.00 20.00 22.43 21.21 16.89 20.92 21.22 21.70 20.80 20.84 21.10 20.48 17.0
All Students 2009 19.21 18.40 16.80 17.80 17.50 18.80 20.90 19.61 16.40 18.85 19.62 19.71 19.39 19.01 19.50 19.41 16.7
CREATE FOUNDATION Educational Attainment % by level Graduate/Professional 4 Year Degree + Some College High School Diploma Some High School Some Elementary
2010 2.30% 15.70% 26.50% 31.42% 15.73% 8.35%
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
TANF & Food Stamp Payments per household $516.38
$457.63
$351.69
$315.70
$307.92
$257.42
$244.42
Number of Divorces
n/a
2172
2276
2435
2291
2340
2432
Number of Divorces involving children
n/a
968
1036
1138
1068
1097
1129
$22.96
$16.58
$13.03
$11.86
$9.71
$4.03
$4.66
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
3873
4255
5296
4104
4054
4742
4161
Traffic Fatalities
115
89
148
150
135
160
156
Homicides
n/a
18
29
18
22
29
16
Foster Home Care Payments per household
PUBLIC SAFETY DUI Arrests
Homicides By County Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clay Itawamba Lafayette Lee
2009 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 3
2009 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Marshall Monroe Oktibbeha Pontotoc Prentiss Tippah Tishomingo Union
HOUSING 2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Percent of Owner Occupied Housing
71.29%
73.09%
73.41%
73.40%
73.38%
73.28%
73.27%
Percent of Renter Occupied Housing
28.71%
26.91%
26.59%
26.60%
26.62%
26.72%
26.73%
Median Home Value
$86,971
$85,764
$83,384
$83,113
$79,384
$75,823
$73,082
HEALTH 2009 11.3
2008 11.4
2007 11.4
2006 11.2
2005 11.7
2004 10.8
9.7
9.7
9.5
10.1
10.1
9.8
86.1
85.8
87.1
84.9
84.7
85.3
6,148
6,869
7,178
6,957
6,699
6,583
882
895
1,008
866
781
793
Heart Disease
276.3
288.8
292.4
305.3
299.6
288.6
Cancer
215.3
294.2
217.7
218.8
215.3
210.6
Accidental
58.4
58.1
66.0
59.3
56.9
59.6
Motor Vehicle
24.7
29.3
33.4
34.0
32.6
33.2
Suicide
12.5
14.7
14.5
10.0
11.9
10.3
Stroke
53.3
57.2
57.9
60.9
61.5
58.7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
70.2
60.6
54.2
58.5
62.8
57.8
Low Birth Weight Index Infant Mortality Rate (5 year average) Percent of Prenatal Care/First Trimester Total number of births Number of Births to Single Teens Death Rate per 100,000 population
Number Of Births To Single Teens By County Alcorn Benton Calhoun Chickasaw Clay Itawamba Lafayette Lee Marshall Monroe Oktibbeha Pontotoc Prentiss Tippah Tishomingo Union Region
2009 67 14 42 50 35 41 55 177 74 54 49 61 51 42 21 49 882
2008 63 22 26 52 54 30 32 171 96 68 61 59 50 42 24 45 895
2007 78 12 29 64 56 28 46 206 95 89 50 64 57 49 27 58 1008
2006 66 18 26 62 45 34 39 150 78 73 61 53 48 37 21 55 866
2005 58 17 28 44 55 23 50 140 77 52 65 39 26 36 22 49 781
CREATE FOUNDATION
REGIONAL PROFILE REPORT SOURCES GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Claritas
ECONOMY Labor Market Information Employment Composition Per Capita Income Median Household Income Unemployment Rate Net New Business Household Income less than $24,999 Establishment Composition
Mississippi Employment Security Commission Claritas U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Claritas Mississippi Employment Security Commission Mississippi Employment Security Commission Claritas Mississippi Employment Security Commission
INFRASTRUCTURE Airport Departures Port Tonnage
Tupelo Regional Airport Itawamba, Yellow Creek, and Aberdeen Ports
EDUCATION Graduation Rate Percent of Pop. 25+ with H. S. Diploma Average Expenditure per Student ACT Average/Number of Tests Taken Average Class Size Accreditation Levels
Mississippi Department of Education and National Center For Education Statistics Claritas Mississippi Department of Education Mississippi Department of Education Mississippi Department of Education Mississippi Department of Education
SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT Number of Births to Single Teens TANF & Food Stamp Payments Number of Divorces Number of Divorces involving Children Foster Care Payments
Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Human Services Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Human Services
PUBLIC SAFETY DUI Arrests Traffic Fatalities Homicides
Mississippi Department of Public Safety Planning Mississippi Department of Public Safety Planning Mississippi Department of Health
HOUSING Percent of Owner Occupied Housing Percent of Renter Occupied Housing Median Home Value
Claritas Claritas Claritas
HEALTH Low Birth Weight Index Infant Mortality Weight Percent Prenatal Care Death Rate Per 100,000
Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Health Mississippi Department of Health
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