1. Reducing Disparities: Mississippi’s Future Depends on it Mississippi ARC Actively Reaching Communities Fall Conference 2011

2. OVERVIEW: MS POPULATION AND RACE Source: U.S. Census Bureau

3. OVERVIEW: MS CHILDREN AND RACE, 2010

4. CHILD POVERTY RATES MISSISSIPPI 2009

5. MS WAGES BY DEMOGRAPHIC Source: Economic Policy Institute.

6. MS & U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT IN RECENT RECESSION Source: Economic Policy Institute. April 2011. “Distressed in Mississippi” Issue Brief #303.Distressed in Mississippi

7. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY RACE, 2009 White Unemployment RateAfrican American Unemployment Rate Source: Mississippi Department of Employment Security. “LMI for Affirmative Action” April 2010. Unemployment Rate

8. How much do families need to cover all their basic expenses? Self Sufficiency Wage for Two Adults, a Schoolchild and a Preschooler HINDS COUNTY, MS 2009 Self Sufficiency Standard Expense TypeCost Housing $747 Child Care $592 Food $643 Transportation $485 Health Care $451 Miscellaneous $292 Net Taxes $36 Self Sufficiency Wage Hourly $9.22 per adult Annually $38,960 Source: Mississippi Self Sufficiency Standard 2009.

9. How much do families need to cover all their basic expenses? Self Sufficiency Wage for 1 Adult LEE COUNTY, MS 2009 Self Sufficiency Standard Expense TypeCost Housing $508 Child Care $0 Food $205 Transportation $241 Health Care $134 Miscellaneous $109 Net Taxes $176 Self Sufficiency Wage Hourly $7.80 Annually $16,474 Source: Mississippi Self Sufficiency Standard 2009.

10. PORTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW SELF SUFFICIENCY by Race of the Householder Source: Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Mississippi

11. PORTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW SELF SUFFICIENCY by Parental Status and Race of the Householder Source: Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Mississippi

12. PORTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW SELF SUFFICIENCY by Educational, Race and Gender Households headed by African American women with a bachelor’s degree are more likely to be below self- sufficiency than households headed by white men with a high school degree Source: Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Mississippi

13. PORTION OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW SELF SUFFICIENCY by Educational Attainment of the Householder Source: Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Mississippi

14. STUDENT RACE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

15. AT-RISK K-12 DISTRICTS AND CHILD POVERTY Districts Failing or Under Academic Watch Source: Mississippi Department of Education & 2005-09 American Community Survey. Districts where more than 1 in 3 children live in Poverty

16. ENROLLMENT IN ALL MS COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSES AND REMEDIAL COURSES, 2007 Source: Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. Office of Academic and Student Affairs. 2009. Remedial Course EnrollmentAll Courses Enrollment

17. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF MS POPULATION OVER 25 by race, 2009 White African American Population 25 years and over1,197,247625,374 Less than high school degree 16.0%28.1% High school degree 30.3%32.3% Some college or associate's degree 30.7%27.5% Bachelor's degree 14.9%7.9% Graduate or professional degree 8.1%4.2% Source: American Community Survey. 2007-2009 Averages. EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF WORKING- AGE ADULTS BY RACE

19. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 19 Mississippi Economic Policy Center http://www.mepconline.org MS Self Sufficiency Calculator http://www.mepconline.org/calculator Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet http://mepconline.com/images/admin/pdfs/116_50835_ECD_nb.pdf MS Dept. of Employment Security Labor Market Data http://mdes.ms.gov/Home/LMI/index.html Ed Sivak: esivak@mepconline.orgesivak@mepconline.org Sarah Welker :swelker@mepconline.orgswelker@mepconline.org