Mississippi
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Yes |
Rate
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7% |
Rebates or credits
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No |
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19.9% (2nd in state ranking) |
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16.5% (2nd in state ranking) |
6.7% (2nd in state ranking) |
Overall grade: 9
Comments: This is probably one of the worst states. Mississippi has an extremely high ranking in everything and on top of that, the food is still taxed at full rate. It is no wonder that this state scored as poorly as it did.
The Score Card
http://www.cbpp.org/3-16-06sfp3.htm
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Ranking/2003/R01T040.htm
http://www.frac.org/pdf/hunger05rank.pdf
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment/state.html