Leading, Slipping, Gaining, Lagging Analysis:
Assessing Finance and Insurance Earnings Growth
Across Mississippi Counties
Real* Finance and Insurance
Earnings Growth
County vs Statewide Average: 2010-2022 and 2022
Real* Finance and Insurance
Earnings Growth
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
Borrowing from an approach that sometimes appears in the finance sections of the popular press, LSGL analysis is a handy and versatile way to compare, portray and classify the patterns of real finance and insurance earnings growth across all of Mississippi's 82 counties. In finance, this technique is used for comparing and assessing the market performance of individual securities or across industry sectors. For example, the performance of the 30 stocks contained within Dow are compared with one another over the past week in contrast to their performance over the past month using the Dow's respective averages as the points of reference.
Here in this Mississippi Regional Economic Analysis Project report, we adopt this approach to gauge and compare the real finance and insurance earnings growth of Mississippi's 82 counties over the latest available year (2022) against the backdrop of their growth over the long term period (2010-2022). In so doing we classify their growth and performance into 4 broad categories: Leading, Slipping, Gaining and Lagging.
Real* Finance and Insurance
Earnings Growth
County vs Statewide Average: 2010-2022 and 2022
Real* Finance and Insurance
Earnings Growth
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
This figure displays the 82 counties of Mississippi as dots on a scattergram, with the vertical axis representing the average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate over the long-term period (2010-2022), and the horizontal axis representing the real finance and insurance earnings growth rate for the near-term (2022).
This figure sets apart those counties whose long-term real finance and insurance earnings growth exceeded the statewide average of 3.17%, by portraying them in the top two quadrants demarcated at 3.17% on the vertical axis. County whose long-term average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate trailed the statewide average (3.17%) are distributed in the bottom two quadrants. In all, 18 counties surpassed the statewide average over 2010-2022, while 41 counties fell below.
Similarly, the two quadrants on the right of this figure present the positions of the 23 counties whose most recent (2022) real finance and insurance earnings growth rate exceeded the statewide average (5.31%). The two quadrants on the left feature those 36 counties whose real finance and insurance earnings growth over 2022 trailed the statewide average.
Accordingly, each quadrant portrays the performance of all 82 counties corresponding with their long-term (2010-2022) and near-term (2022) performance relative to their respective statewide averages of 3.17% over 2010-2022 and 5.31% over 2022:
Leading counties () (top-right quadrant)...are counties whose average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate surpassed the statewide average both long-term (3.17%) and near-term (5.31%).
Slipping counties () (top-left quadrant)...are counties whose long-term average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate exceeded the statewide average (3.17%), but whose near-term growth has "slipped" by falling below the Mississippi average (5.31%).
Gaining counties () (bottom-right quadrant)...are counties whose long-term average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate fell below the statewide average (3.17%), but whose near-term growth has "gained" by registering above the average (5.31%) statewide.
Lagging counties () (bottom-left quadrant)...are counties whose average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate fell under the statewide average both long-term (3.17%) and near-term (5.31%).
   
 
Summary of Mississippi's 82 County Totals
 
Short Term Average
 
 
Below
(5.31%)
Above
(5.31%)
 
Long
Term
Average
Above
(3.17%)
6
12
18
Below
(3.17%)
30
11
41
 
36
23
59
 
   
Leading Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Leading Counties
white dot
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
Turning attention to the top-right quadrant from the discussion above, this figure features the distribution of the Mississippi counties classified as Leading. These counties surpassed Mississippi's average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth both long-term (2010-2022 = 3.17%) as well as near-term (2022 = 5.31%). Each is identified by its corresponding ranking based on it's average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate over 2010-2022.
Of Mississippi's 82 counties, just 12 (15%) are classified within the Leading () category. Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Slipping Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Slipping Counties
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
This figure depicts the distribution of the 6 Mississippi counties classified as Slipping (top-left quadrant), in that their long-term average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate outpaced the average statewide (2010-2022 = 3.17%), while they trailed the statewide average near-term (2022 = 5.31%). Again, each county is identified by it's corresponding ranking based on its average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate over 2010-2022.
Only 6 (7%) of Mississippi's 82 counties are classified as Slipping (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Gaining Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Gaining Counties
white dot
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
This figure shows the distribution of the 11 Mississippi counties classified as Gaining (bottom-right quadrant), in that their long-term average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate posted below the average statewide (2010-2022 = 3.17%), while they outpaced Mississippi's average near-term (2022 = 5.31%). Again, each county is identified by its corresponding ranking based on its average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate over 2010-2022.
Of Mississippi's 82 counties, only 13% (11) are featured as Gaining (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
Lagging Counties
2022 vs. 2010-2022 Averages
Lagging Counties
white dot
Mississippi:
2010-2022 = 3.17%
2022 = 5.31%
This figure depicts the distributions of the 30 Mississippi counties classified as Lagging (bottom-left quadrant). These counties trailed the statewide average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth both long-term (2010-2022 = 3.17%) as well as near-term (2022 = 5.31%). Again, each county is identified by its corresponding ranking based on it's average annual real finance and insurance earnings growth rate over 2010-2022.
37% of Mississippi's counties, 30 of 82, are characterized here as Lagging (). Those counties ranked by their long-term average include:
   
 
Mississippi
Real* Finance and Insurance Earnings Growth
County vs. Statewide Average
 
2010-2022
 
2022
 
 
Leading Counties
 
1
9.20
 
1
66.12
49,416
 
16
3.23
 
10
10.13
8,676
 
15
3.31
 
2
34.45
23,406
 
13
3.73
 
14
8.47
50,564
 
2
9.18
 
3
17.87
63,770
 
6
6.14
 
17
7.12
78,910
 
4
6.95
 
6
12.15
500,187
 
5
6.24
 
19
6.31
32,074
 
12
4.07
 
13
8.49
8,565
 
3
7.10
 
4
14.76
3,016
 
18
3.19
 
15
7.67
13,421
 
14
3.61
 
7
11.78
11,054
Slipping Counties
 
11
4.09
 
46
0.58
29,292
 
10
4.43
 
47
0.48
108,648
 
9
4.78
 
35
2.67
12,972
 
7
5.74
 
25
4.96
217,675
 
17
3.20
 
34
2.86
21,186
 
8
5.17
 
32
3.36
17,359
Gaining Counties
 
30
2.27
 
20
6.31
9,153
 
44
1.08
 
11
9.76
18,753
 
27
2.49
 
21
6.11
575,031
 
26
2.58
 
5
13.49
10,342
 
19
3.12
 
12
9.52
6,809
 
24
2.76
 
22
5.92
90,148
 
33
2.08
 
16
7.15
7,114
 
34
1.93
 
9
10.90
13,832
 
28
2.47
 
23
5.52
13,419
 
42
1.30
 
18
7.01
12,765
 
47
1.00
 
8
11.38
4,354
Lagging Counties
 
49
0.64
 
53
-1.09
8,039
 
22
2.81
 
63
-18.27
23,666
 
55
-0.47
 
55
-2.58
5,816
 
29
2.32
 
44
0.89
7,508
 
23
2.77
 
45
0.66
83,486
 
41
1.30
 
60
-11.06
17,686
 
38
1.52
 
24
5.06
183,795
 
59
-3.73
 
64
-40.89
4,423
 
54
-0.04
 
41
1.38
73,456
 
31
2.19
 
59
-5.13
23,958
 
25
2.64
 
50
-0.44
28,444
 
35
1.91
 
61
-16.62
39,487
 
32
2.11
 
36
2.10
20,301
 
51
0.40
 
52
-0.51
14,493
 
57
-1.20
 
57
-3.93
10,591
 
48
0.71
 
28
4.49
13,294
 
39
1.35
 
37
2.04
26,372
 
45
1.02
 
31
4.22
24,754
 
21
2.89
 
27
4.72
29,631
 
53
0.05
 
54
-2.25
3,429
 
20
3.04
 
39
1.49
274,463
 
50
0.58
 
26
4.86
12,870
 
36
1.86
 
40
1.38
9,269
 
46
1.00
 
58
-3.98
26,109
 
43
1.27
 
43
1.15
25,873
 
40
1.34
 
30
4.33
7,979
 
56
-0.71
 
56
-3.62
1,810
 
52
0.23
 
29
4.47
5,730
 
37
1.52
 
49
0.06
4,959
 
58
-3.34
 
42
1.25
8,316
Undefined/Suppressed Counties
 
U
U
 
S
S
2,349
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
51
-0.48
3,491
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
1,244
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
33
3.19
5,150
 
U
U
 
62
-17.04
7,982
 
U
U
 
S
S
8,308
 
U
U
 
38
1.80
2,656
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
U
U
 
48
0.37
4,637
 
U
U
 
S
S
S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.17
 
5.31
3,098,816
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4.33
 
3.00
1,078,856,000
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