Phil Pepper Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Presentation to 2010 LEARN Conference March 29, 2010
MississippiUnited States 2009 Populations Estimate (US Census) 2,951,996307,006, Total Personal Income, Billions (US BEA)$88.9$12, Unemployment Rate (US BLS)9.6%9.3% 2009 Unemployment Rate U-4 (US BLS)10.2%9.7% 2008 Workforce Participation Rate, 16 yrs+ (US Census)60.1%66.0% 2008 Per Capita Income (US BEA)$30,103$39,138 2
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Mississippi Nonfarm Employment Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 5 1,160.6 May 00 1,108.3 Jun 03 1,085.5 Feb 10 1,159.0 Jan 08
6 Mississippi Employment by Major Industry Sector, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
7 Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and IHL. Trough-To-Peak
8 Average Annual Growth In Real Total Personal Income During Periods of U.S. Expansion
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census 9
10 Percentage of Population in the Workforce
11 Source: FDIC
12 Red Bars Denote National Recessions: July 1990-March 1991; March 2001-November 2001; December 2007 – June 2009(Preliminary) 2010 Growth is the March Revised Estimate. Transfers to the G.F. -- Growth Over Prior Year
13 Red Bars Denote National Recessions: July 1990-March 1991; March 2001-November 2001; December 2007 – June 2009(Preliminary) 2010 Growth is the March Revised Estimate. Transfers to the G.F.-- Growth Over Prior Year
Red Bars Denote National Recessions: July 1990-March 1991; March 2001-November 2001; December 2007 – June 2009 (Preliminary) Growth is the March Revised Estimate. 14 Transfers to the G.F.-- Growth Over Prior Year
15 March 2010 is preliminary
Growth in the US and MS will be below the long- term average for the foreseeable future Job growth in particular will be anemic in MS State revenue growth will be slow with greater frequency of negative years Restructuring of State verses Federal government -- politics, politics, politics Education, Education, Education 16
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