Mississippi

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 2,038 direct jobs and 342 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 7,076 and supported 7,554 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 11,970 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 6,700 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 11,700 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $69.96 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $18.96 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $74,131.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $816 million to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $5.26 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $2.90 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 14,752
      • Visual Arts: 1,239
      • Performing Arts: 3,044
      • Sound Recordings: 3,165
      • Literary Works: 7,304
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 2 video gaming companies
    • 2,389 music publishers and 11,098 songwriters
    • 224 local commercial radio stations
    • 22 local commercial television stations
    • 76 newspaper publications
    • 820 graphic designers
    • 230 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Mississippi:
      • Elvis Presley, singer and musician
      • Britney Spears, singer
      • Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and actor
      • Bo Diddley, singer and musician
      • B. King, singer and musician
      • Jimmy Buffett, singer and musician
      • Faith Hill, singer and musician
      • 3 Doors Down, Band
      • William Faulkner, writer
      • Eudora Welty, writer
      • Jim Henson, puppeteer and entertainer
      • Morgan Freeman, actor
      • James Earl Jones, actor
      • George Ohr, ceramic artist
  • The top 5 Mississippi daily newspapers by circulation are The Clarion-Ledger, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Sun Herald, Hattiesburg American, and The Commercial Dispatch.
  • The USA International Ballet Competition is held every four years in Jackson, Mississippi.
  • The Mississippi Blues Trail marks various locations throughout the state that were important in the development of blues music.
  • The Jim Henson Exhibit is located here.
  • Mississippi is the birthplace of delta blues, a style of blues music.

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