On October 31, 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau released new state-specific data on State and Local Government Finances. Two measures commonly used to compare state and local tax revenue levels include revenue as a percent of personal income and revenue… (read more)
Publications
A side by side comparison of Mississippi school districts with low performing or at-risk accountability statuses in 2010-2011 and Mississippi school districts where more than 1 in 3 children live in poverty. Click to review.… (read more)
County level data on the number of uninsured, non-elderly adults living in households with income below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level.… (read more)
Map with county level data on lawyers per capita in 2010. Lawyers per capita, 2010… (read more)
Report Seeks to Help Mississippi’s Working Families Understand and Achieve Economic Security
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Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) in partnership with the Mississippi Economic Policy Center (MEPC) have released a new report, The Basic Economic Security Tables™… (read more)
In the wake of the 2007 recession, many Mississippi families are facing challenges as they try to move toward true economic security. The Basic Economic Security Tables for Mississippi redefine what it means for Mississippi’s families to be economically secure… (read more)
A Quick guide to expenses in Mississippi’s Basic Economic Security Tables
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The Basic Economic Security TablesTM Index for Mississippi measures the incomes and assets Mississippi workers and families require to achieve economic security over a lifetime and across generations. The Basic Economic Security Tables uses public data sources to measure the… (read more)
A second round of more definitive 2010 Census data figures released September 22nd as part of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) show a sharp rise in poverty in every region of Mississippi last year, highlighting the widespread impact… (read more)
In 2009, a total of 7,078 infants were born to women under the age of 20. Approximately 1/3 of those births were to women 17 years of age or younger. In an effort to measure the broader economic impact of… (read more)
