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Mississippi #51
16.7 composite of 100 Based on 68% of intended metrics
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Tate Reeves R
Governor · since 2020-01-14
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Median household income54,203 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
0.0
Income growth (YoY)2.81% · 2022→2023 ·
39.3
Poverty rate18.3% · SAIPE 2023 ·
5.2
Income inequality (Gini)0.484 · ACS 1-year 2023 ·
34.1
Not yet sourced: Real (cost-of-living-adjusted) income (BEA Regional Price Parities API key pending); Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights dataset download pending).