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State policies that promote health, education, and strong families can help the early development and school readiness of America's youngest citizens. This profile highlights Mississippi's policy choices alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.
State Highlights1
Mississippi used over $30.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to provide subsidies to families in need of child care, and to improve quality in infant and toddler programs. Although Mississippi lowered the state income tax threshold for working families from 94 percent to 84 percent of the federal poverty level, it did raise the minimum wage to match the federal rate of $7.25 per hour.
- Young children (under age 6)2: 268,757
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Data Notes and Sources
Last Updated: December 4, 2009
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- State Highlights are drawn from states' government and organization websites and reports. For more information, contact ITO@nccp.org.
- State data were calculated from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (the March supplement) of the Current Population Survey from 2007, 2008, and 2009, representing information from calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008. NCCP averaged three years of data because of small sample sizes in less populated states. The national data were calculated from the 2009 data, representing information from the previous calendar year.
- National and state data were calculated from the 2008 American Community Survey.