2011_Regional_Profile1.pdf

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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