Mississippi’s ‘Brain-Drain’
by Ted Carter
Published: February 20,2011
Tags: 2010 Census numbers, Pete Walley, population migration, population shifts, Poverty rate, Teen pregnancy, ‘anti-intellectual’ culture
Teen pregnancy, ‘anti-intellectual’ culture blamed for economic woes As a tracker of Mississippi’s economic and population shifts, Pete Walley has looked closely at the 2010 census numbers on the state and its counties. What he’s seeing, he says, is a six-decade-old theory on population migration playing out in the Magnolia State: “Those that can will [...]
Login to your MBJ Insider account to access this content and much more
Become an MBJ Insider
By offering insightful coverage by award-winning reporters about Mississippi’s companies and industries, we help you make smart business decisions, advance your career, and find new prospects. Build your business and outsmart your competition day after day by becoming an insider.
Ready to get started? Choose your delivery method:
Benefits of being an MBJ Insider
 |
|
To sign up for Mississippi Business Daily Updates, click here.
One Response to “Mississippi’s ‘Brain-Drain’”
POST A COMMENT
Top Posts & Pages
- Stabenow, Cochran brace for full Senate vote on Farm Bill
- District at Eastover construction to start later this year
- Ex-Northwest Rankin coach David Coates dies before drug trial
- Counties ‘hoping to get it right’ as they await Tuscaloosa Marine shale boom
- Fervor grows for Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
- Keeping Our Eye On Nathan McNeill
- Forward-thinking power companies transform “disruptions” into opportunities
- OUR VIEW: USM makes right call by calling off tornado relief campaign
- WILLOUGHBY: Rubinsky grows First Class Linen from ground up
February 21st, 2011 at 9:27 pm
[...] to beed closely at the 2010 census numbers over the state as well as it is counties. Read more over Mississippi Business Journal Share and [...]