Brain Drain in Mississippi

Mississippi is losing too many residents, and too few people are doing anything about it.

So Mississippi Today, in partnership with Rethink Mississippi (an initiative sponsored by the nonprofit Working Together Mississippi) and the University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies, has launched the state’s first-ever scientific study dedicated to understanding Mississippi’s brain drain crisis — and what ideas could help reverse it.

Whether you’ve stayed, left, or considered leaving, we want to hear from you. If you’ve moved to Mississippi from elsewhere, or even if you’ve never lived in Mississippi, your input is valuable. Brain drain in Mississippi affects all of us, and we believe hearing from people of any and all backgrounds and perspectives can only help us better grapple with the problems and develop some solutions.