Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is lauding two employment records set in the month of April.
According to the Republican governor, the Magnolia State saw a record 1,243,807 people employed. On top of that figure, the total non-farm employment reached a record high with 1,202,000 jobs.
“More Mississippians are working than ever before, and there are a record number of jobs,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “Mississippi isn’t making news – we’re making history,” Reeves stated.
“Yesterday, we announced a $38 million economic development project that’s creating 450 jobs, and today we’ve set records in employment. There’s never been a better time to be a Mississippian. I’m incredibly proud of what our state is accomplishing.”
In his quote, the governor was referencing an expansion of thermal management company Modine in Grenada County. The company plans to use a major capital investment to expand operations at an existing facility to manufacture data center cooling equipment. This is expected to create 450 new jobs in the region.
Reeves also touted Mississippi as having the second-fastest-growing economy and the fourth-fastest-growing per capita income in America in 2024. Additional successes the governor boasts are generating nearly $35 billion in new private sector investment and helping create thousands of new employment opportunities for residents in the state.
