StateMaster - Mississippi Labor statistics

Employment Ratio	63.8	[50th of 51]
Mean Travel Time to Work	21.7	[35th of 51]
Percent of Workers Who Traveled to Work by Carpool	11.3 %	[12th of 51]
Textile product mills > Production workers (average per year)	1,755	[15th of 32]
Textile product mills > Production workers hours	3,771,000	[15th of 32]
Total Manufacturing > Number of employees	169,947	[27th of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers (average per year)	134,189	[23rd of 51]
Total Manufacturing > Production workers hours	268,267,000	[24th of 51]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Number of employees	25,689	[22nd of 46]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers (average per year)	19,568	[17th of 46]
Transportation equipment manufacturing > Production workers hours	36,104,000	[21st of 46]
Unemployment > Rate	6.1%	[2nd of 50]
Unemployment Rate > 2004	6.2	[7th of 51]
Unemployment Rate > January, 2006	8.4	[1st of 51]
Union affiliation > Percent Represented by Unions	9.7	[32nd of 50]
Union affiliation > Percent Union Members	7.1	[36th of 50]
US minimum wages > State > Level	$0.00	[46th of 50]
Wood product manufacturing > Number of employees	11,894	[16th of 45]
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers (average per year)	9,934	[18th of 45]
Wood product manufacturing > Production workers hours	22,209,000	[16th of 45]

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SOURCES: American Community Survey 2004 ; Annual Survey of Manufactures, 2004 ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by unemployment rate ; Wikipedia: Union affiliation by U.S. state; Wikipedia: List of U.S. minimum wages

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: MS

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