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Article Excerpt
Population centers and a high amount of sales tax collections seem to go hand in hand to create cities of economic leadership in Mississippi. Although the state's largest 10 cities are not considered large by the standards of many states, they are this rural state's most populous and are meccas for shopping, employment, education, cultural and medical services.
To date in 2005, the top 10 cities by sales tax collections remain the same as for the previous year with the largest city, Jackson, leading the pack and Laurel coming in 10th.
Laurel, however, with a population of 18,000 is not among the state's largest populated cities. Longtime Laurel commercial Realtor Chris Wilson says the trade area extends throughout 60,000-population Jones County and into Wayne, Smith, Jasper, Clarke and Perry counties. The county's...
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