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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 7.7
The average living wage for the state of Mississippi is $30.09/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Mississippi a minimum wage score of 11.66 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Mississippi a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Mississippi is $145, resulting in a UI benefit score of 8.82 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 0

X Mississippi does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Mississippi does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
X Mississippi does not mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Mississippi does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Mississippi does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Mississippi does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Mississippi does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Mississippi does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Mississippi does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Mississippi does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Mississippi does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
X Mississippi does not provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Mississippi does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Mississippi does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 20

X Mississippi does have a "right-to-work" law.
X Mississippi does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Mississippi does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Mississippi does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Mississippi does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Mississippi does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

DeSoto County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 39.16% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 61.03%
Democratic: 37.13%
Libertarian: 0.95%
Other: 0.76%
Green: 0.13%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 38651
Latitude : 34.881524
Longitude : -90.003460
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 309 ft.
Area Code(s) : 662

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.73
Male Population Estimate : 38.41%
Female Population Estimate : 40.56%
Median Age : 42.3
Male Median Age : 42.3
Female Median Age : 42.3

White Population Estimate : 62.66%
Black Population Estimate : 11.98%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 6.05%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.37%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.02%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.36%
Other Population Estimate : 4.27%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Nesbit specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Desoto County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Desoto County: About 161 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Desoto County is about 43% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 44% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.