THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MISSISSIPPI 451 
 
 
Table 3.—Indicators of Mississippi business activity 
 
 
1966 
1967 ~ 
Change 
(percent) 
Personal income: 
 
 
 
 Total millions... 
 Per capita                                            Construction activity:

$4,153 
$1,777 
$4,449 
$1,895 
+7.1 
+6.6 
 Building permits millions_ 
 Cement shipments to and within Mississippi 
 thousand 376-pound barrels. -Cash receipts from farm marketings millions~.Mineral
production do...~Factory payrolls do..... 
Annual average labor force and employment: 
 Total labor force thousands.. 
$90.2 
 
4,708 
$783.6 
$211.4 
$680.0 
 
542.0 
$91.1 
 
4,224 
$797.4 
$217.0 
$709.2 
 
536.6 
+1.0 
 
—10.8 
+1.8 
+2.7 
+4.3 
 
—1.0 
Unemployment do~.... 
Employment: 
 Construction do..~ Mining do~.... All manufacturing do~... All industries
do...... 
 6.3 
 
31.0 
 5.7 
165.8 
535.7 
 8.4 
 
29.5 
 5.7 
164.6 
528.2 
 +33.4 
 
 —4.8 
  
 —0.7 
 —1.4 
250 
 P Preliminary. 
 
 Sources: Survey of Current Business, Construction Review, The Farm Income
Situation, Employment and Earnings and Monthly Report on the Labor Force.

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