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2018 Mississippi State Fact Sheet

 

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    Quick Facts:

  • In 2018, there were over 262 thousand businesses in Mississippi, of which more than 84 thousand were minority-owned firms.

  • Minority-owned firms in Mississippi employed over 44 thousand people in 2018.

  • Minority-owned firms represented 33.0% of all firms located in the state.

  • The number of minorityowned firms in Mississippi increased 2.4% between 2017 and 2018.