Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Mexico, you would:
Economy
make 86.5% more money
Mexico has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2023, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
be 49.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mexico, 36.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
be 10.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Mexico, 2.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
