Recovery Tracker

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Mississippi

Check the chart below to compare unemployment and per capita spending among counties. Click on your county to find projects in your area. Data last updated on March 2010.
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U.S. Mississippi
Population 304,059,724 2,938,618
Total recovery funding $312,735,579,044 $3,125,864,257
Direct to County (see list) $290,999,413,356 $3,029,462,387
County Funds per Capita $957 $1,031
Statewide (see project list) $21,736,135,188 $96,401,870
Statewide funding per capita $71 $33
Unemployment
(12/08)		 7.4 7.8
Unemployment
(12/09)		 10 10.6
Median Household Income $50,007 $35,632
Poverty Rate 13.3% 21.1%

Funding by Federal Agency and Department
Education Department $727,693,440
Health and Human Services, Department of $668,378,709
Transportation Department $390,162,106
Energy Department $268,184,641
Agriculture Department $257,365,623
Small Business Administration $149,714,731
Labor Department $142,340,633
Environmental Protection Agency $114,892,822
Housing and Urban Development Department $107,381,801
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $79,221,090
General Services Administration $72,941,303
Homeland Security Department $48,235,470
Justice Department $30,917,249
Navy $19,387,991
Interior Department $9,780,942
National Science Foundation $8,924,504
Commerce Department $7,975,944
Air Force $7,281,932
National Aeronautics and Space Administration $5,792,402
Department of Veterans Affairs $4,026,452
Army $2,517,687
No federal agency specified $1,366,465
Independent Agencies $1,002,722
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities $377,600

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Counties (see statewide items)

Note: County-level data does not include tax cuts, Medicaid, unemployment benefits or food stamps. There still may be overrepresentation of money going to counties where capitals are located because in some cases, awards to state agencies did not indicate that they were to be used statewide.

Key: Statewide | Countywide
County Name Population Unemployment
12/08 »6/09 »12/09		 Poverty Rate Total Funding Per Capita
Mississippi 2,938,618
7.89.010.6
 21.1
$3,125,864,257
$1,064
28001 Adams
31,307
7.19.79.9
 30.4
$27,646,180
$883
28003 Alcorn
35,673
8.912.512.0
 16.6
$25,044,221
$702
28005 Amite
13,248
10.010.311.0
 N/A
$4,403,057
$332
28007 Attala
19,671
11.213.013.2
 N/A
$6,062,280
$308
28009 Benton
8,116
13.414.714.1
 N/A
$3,494,478
$431
28011 Bolivar
37,195
10.011.911.9
 38.9
$37,615,184
$1,011
28013 Calhoun
14,508
9.913.511.0
 N/A
$10,975,319
$757
28015 Carroll
10,367
8.811.412.1
 N/A
$1,294,682
$125
28017 Chickasaw
18,826
12.713.414.0
 N/A
$6,554,349
$348
28019 Choctaw
9,090
8.112.613.1
 N/A
$2,026,245
$223
28021 Claiborne
10,848
12.718.217.9
 N/A
$3,870,413
$357
28023 Clarke
17,378
7.510.912.0
 N/A
$5,352,516
$308
28025 Clay
20,860
14.016.919.0
 22.6
$12,294,247
$589
28027 Coahoma
27,272
11.512.914.6
 36.7
$18,588,738
$682
28029 Copiah
29,331
8.412.010.7
 20.5
$16,038,485
$547
28031 Covington
20,526
6.37.99.2
 21.5
$17,142,113
$835
28033 DeSoto
154,748
5.67.47.7
 9.5
$56,859,501
$367
28035 Forrest
79,425
6.07.98.7
 25.9
$80,982,299
$1,020
28037 Franklin
8,316
8.911.411.5
 N/A
$7,075,403
$851
28039 George
22,406
9.910.411.4
 13.2
$3,546,608
$158
28041 Greene
13,818
10.011.611.7
 N/A
$2,061,515
$149
28043 Grenada
22,995
9.112.812.8
 22.2
$13,441,511
$585
28045 Hancock
40,140
6.68.18.9
 13.5
$12,068,865
$301
28047 Harrison
178,460
6.67.78.8
 14.8
$109,468,723
$613
28049 Hinds
247,650
6.78.69.0
 22.4
$1,229,272,739
$4,964
28051 Holmes
20,595
17.619.419.0
 40.3
$14,515,804
$705
28053 Humphreys
10,089
12.512.413.2
 N/A
$5,008,745
$496
28055 Issaquena
1,658
9.010.314.1
 N/A
$4,589,489
$2,768
28057 Itawamba
23,175
10.711.011.7
 15.7
$108,788,760
$4,694
28059 Jackson
130,694
7.28.69.9
 16.0
$94,831,189
$726
28061 Jasper
18,253
7.511.112.1
 N/A
$5,821,331
$319
28063 Jefferson
8,872
16.420.018.0
 N/A
$7,519,598
$848
28065 Jefferson Davis
12,653
7.011.712.2
 N/A
$6,597,656
$521
28067 Jones
67,198
5.57.68.4
 22.7
$35,861,668
$534
28069 Kemper
9,967
10.012.611.4
 N/A
$7,894,375
$792
28071 Lafayette
43,922
5.28.88.1
 24.2
$24,587,662
$560
28073 Lamar
49,121
5.06.98.0
 10.6
$10,717,830
$218
28075 Lauderdale
78,180
7.29.110.0
 22.6
$107,081,876
$1,370
28077 Lawrence
13,370
8.511.112.6
 N/A
$4,905,000
$367
28079 Leake
22,844
7.89.810.4
 19.2
$17,069,284
$747
28081 Lee
81,139
8.010.710.3
 19.7
$37,885,561
$467
28083 Leflore
35,185
10.812.813.3
 41.9
$26,271,767
$747
28085 Lincoln
34,931
7.911.010.7
 17.4
$10,751,484
$308
28087 Lowndes
59,284
8.810.611.6
 18.4
$54,395,096
$918
28089 Madison
91,369
5.67.47.6
 12.2
$36,182,311
$396
28091 Marion
25,830
7.210.811.2
 29.2
$19,391,638
$751
28093 Marshall
37,102
9.113.412.1
 22.0
$23,060,984
$622
28095 Monroe
37,250
11.714.614.3
 22.4
$20,657,134
$555
28097 Montgomery
11,266
9.814.815.3
 N/A
$14,243,121
$1,264
28099 Neshoba
30,530
6.29.99.7
 24.2
$27,049,018
$886
28101 Newton
22,355
7.39.59.6
 19.6
$31,406,245
$1,405
28103 Noxubee
11,828
17.917.618.7
 N/A
$20,726,582
$1,752
28105 Oktibbeha
43,944
6.39.49.4
 31.8
$46,294,492
$1,053
28107 Panola
35,660
9.312.813.3
 28.3
$23,419,112
$657
28109 Pearl River
57,466
7.38.910.0
 21.8
$38,666,988
$673
28111 Perry
12,235
8.611.011.8
 N/A
$5,962,421
$487
28113 Pike
39,961
7.69.711.0
 27.9
$25,585,128
$640
28115 Pontotoc
29,004
9.29.911.0
 18.0
$66,046,980
$2,277
28117 Prentiss
25,707
10.112.712.6
 20.2
$14,569,358
$567
28119 Quitman
8,724
10.212.812.8
 N/A
$2,357,386
$270
28121 Rankin
140,901
4.86.26.8
 9.2
$51,081,231
$363
28123 Scott
28,850
5.57.27.3
 21.5
$17,365,564
$602
28125 Sharkey
5,556
12.29.813.6
 N/A
$3,832,638
$690
28127 Simpson
28,034
6.88.59.7
 20.0
$21,335,908
$761
28129 Smith
15,809
6.88.911.2
 N/A
$3,570,498
$226
28131 Stone
16,025
7.18.98.8
 N/A
$11,545,286
$720
28133 Sunflower
30,697
12.712.915.3
 38.6
$12,927,585
$421
28135 Tallahatchie
13,027
9.611.512.4
 N/A
$10,482,228
$805
28137 Tate
27,176
7.911.311.4
 18.7
$25,444,039
$936
28139 Tippah
21,210
12.613.814.1
 25.1
$12,852,874
$606
28141 Tishomingo
18,947
10.911.911.6
 N/A
$4,935,619
$260
28143 Tunica
10,448
15.913.116.9
 N/A
$6,870,121
$658
28145 Union
27,212
8.49.810.1
 16.1
$7,740,863
$284
28147 Walthall
15,416
7.311.611.6
 N/A
$8,521,474
$553
28149 Warren
48,087
7.29.910.6
 20.2
$25,537,214
$531
28151 Washington
55,079
10.813.313.8
 32.2
$49,166,983
$893
28153 Wayne
20,755
7.611.012.5
 21.7
$5,616,365
$271
28155 Webster
9,887
10.113.114.9
 N/A
$2,650,796
$268
28157 Wilkinson
10,283
9.611.712.3
 N/A
$1,591,541
$155
28159 Winston
19,575
9.216.916.3
 N/A
$8,085,198
$413
28161 Yalobusha
13,645
12.016.614.1
 N/A
$9,962,022
$730
28163 Yazoo
28,464
9.912.612.4
 30.4
$14,453,600
$508

Statewide and Non-County Specific Projects

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Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Type Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $55,213,827.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Federal Extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Benefits, Sec 2001 of Assist. for Unemployed Workers & Struggling Families Act, Recovery Act Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $38,145,651.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Federal Increase in Unemployment Compensation Benefits ($25 weekly), Sec 2002 of Assist. for Unemployed Wrkrs & Struggling Families Act, Recovery Act Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $4,009,761.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance ARRA Funds - Transfer to State UI Accounts from Employment Security Administration Account within the Unemployment Trust Fund Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $4,529.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $2,026.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $1,180.00 Grant Unemployment Insurance Unemployment Insurance Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration
MS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY $-975,104.00 Grant Trade Adjustment Assistance Trade Adjustment Assistance Labor Department / Employment and Training Administration

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