Golden Triangle (Mississippi)
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The Golden Triangle (German golden triangle ) is a region in the east of the US state Mississippi . It consists of the cities of Columbus , Starkville and West Point and their respective counties ( Lowndes County , Oktibbeha County and Clay County ) and has a total of over 128,000 inhabitants.
The term was created with the government's decision to launch an economic program in September 2012 to boost the region's economy and drive economic development, given that Mississippi with an average annual income of approximately $ 37,000 per household at an average statewide income of about $ 50,000 is the lowest income state in the US . The unemployment rate is almost 20% due to high job losses as a result of the Great Recession. The economic development program has created over 6,000 new jobs in recent years, including the establishment of new companies such as Paccar ,Steel Dynamics and Yokohama .
The Golden Triangle Regional Airport is about halfway between Columbus and Starkville.
Web links
- Map view of the Golden Triangle , on google.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Clay Chandler: Golden Triangle economic development model could be emulated across state. In: Mississippi Business Journal , September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ James Fallows: Theories of History: Joe Max Higgins and the Golden Triangle of Mississippi. In: The Atlantic , May 23, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ Anthony B. Kim: Creating Jobs in Mississippi's Golden Triangle. In: The Daily Signal , February 22, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ Mississippi's 'Golden Triangle' in spotlight on 60 Minutes. In: The Washington Times , December 3, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2017.