Analysis
Welcome to the Analysis tab where we will post economic information and analysis for Mississippi with special attention to the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area (Jackson MSA). The designation "Metropolitan Statistical Area" (MSA) is utilized by the U. S. government to identify a region consisting of a city, its suburbs, and related communities that are closely associated by social and/or economic factors. The Jackson MSA consists of Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, and Simpson counties.
Jackson MSA Personal Income, 2010 (preliminary)
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a preliminary assessment of 2010 personal income by Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 (see the link below for the full report). The BEA states that “Personal income rose in 2010 in all but four of the nation&am...
Mississippi data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care report
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care (see link below) has a report for the year 2007 that calculates the "percent of decedents seeing 10 or more physicians during the last six months of life." The data may be downloaded for specific areas of a state. Below are the areas listed for ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics report on how long to find employment
“The recent recession has had a profound effect on the length of successful job search. The table shows the distribution of transitions from unemployment to employment by duration of unemployment (in weeks). From 1994 through 2008, roughly half of all unemployed jobseekers fou...
May 2011 Employment Data discouraging
The June 3 release of May employment data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is discouraging (to say it mildly). Nonfarm payrolls added only 54,000 jobs in May. This is way below the amount needed to get back to pre-2009 unemployment levels (estimates vary between 100,000 and 150...