Gov. Reeves was elected in 2019 and sworn in on Jan. 14, 2020. Tate Reeves is now serving a 2nd consecutive term; the current term began Jan. 2024. The scored record above covers Mississippi's outcomes during this continuous service, lagged per category (each category's lag was fixed before scoring).
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Mississippi Under Tate Reeves
Republican · Sworn in Jan. 14, 2020 · Now in 2nd term
Mississippi has pulled ahead of the typical state under Gov. Reeves — No. 2 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories.
Tate Reeves
Mississippi · Republican · since Jan. 2020 · 2nd term
Overall · citizen-weighted
No. 2 of 29
+0.36σ · 16 of 20 categories
equal-weight: +0.32σ · weighting helps
| Category | Latest | Score vs. peers | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honesty | — | In human review | |
| Spending discipline | — | Rubric in development | |
| Education scale score | 269.1 ’24 | +1.75σ* | |
| Air quality AQI | 44 ’24 | −0.28σ | |
| Water quality % of community systems | 3.6 ’25 | +0.64σ | |
| Unemployment % | 3.8 ’25 | +1.28σ | |
| Health coverage % of adults 18-64 | 10.1 ’24 | +1.38σ | |
| Tax burden % of personal income | 6.9 ’24 | −0.08σ | |
| Energy cost cents/kWh | 13.4 ’24 | +0.01σ | |
| Cost of living index, US=100 | 87.0 ’24 | −0.39σ | |
| Crime deaths per 100,000 | 19.7 ’24 | −0.26σ | |
| Teen births per 1,000 females 15-19 | 22.8 ’24 | +0.40σ | |
| Wellbeing mean days of past 30 | 4.4 ’24 | +1.35σ | |
| School food quality | — | Rubric in development | |
| School shootings | 0 ’24 | Context · 1/10yr | |
| Obesity % of adults | 40.4 ’24 | −0.54σ | |
| Early literacy % of 4th graders | 35.4 ’24 | +1.15σ* | |
| Gun deaths deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted) | 28 ’24 | +0.59σ | |
| Food-aid access index (higher = easier access) | 0.6 ’23 | −0.25σ | |
| Jobless-benefit access % of unemployed receiving UI | 17.3 ’24 | −0.59σ |
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Scores are trends vs. the other 49 states over this governor’s window, in σ; *thin data (under 3 points). Tap ? on any row for what it measures, its chart, and the source. All provisional while the term runs. Methodology v2.1
Unemployment Rate, 2010–2025
Mississippi against all 49 other states Mississippi 50-state median Other 49 states Scored window
Annual-average unemployment rate — the longest-running series on the card, charted in full. The shaded band is its scored window: it opens one year after inauguration and tracks through the newest published data. The dashed line is the 50-state median, shown for context; scoring uses the median of the other 49 states. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
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every published number, reproducible| Education (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | +1.75σ · window 2022–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state +0.7%/yr vs peers −0.1%/yr |
| Air quality (EPA AirData) | −0.28σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state +1.1%/yr vs peers +0.2%/yr |
| Water quality (EPA SDWIS/ECHO) | +0.64σ · window 2021–2025 (5 pts) · state −0.4%/yr vs peers +0.1%/yr |
| Unemployment (BLS LAUS) | +1.28σ · window 2021–2025 (5 pts) · state −8.4%/yr vs peers −2.6%/yr |
| Health coverage (CDC BRFSS) | +1.38σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −7.7%/yr vs peers +1.5%/yr |
| Tax burden (Census STC ÷ BEA personal income) | −0.08σ · window 2020–2024 (5 pts) · state +2.3%/yr vs peers +2.1%/yr |
| Energy cost (EIA) | +0.01σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state +5.2%/yr vs peers +5.2%/yr |
| Cost of living (BEA) | −0.39σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state +0.2%/yr vs peers −0.1%/yr |
| Crime (CDC WONDER) | −0.26σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −6.0%/yr vs peers −7.5%/yr |
| Teen births (CDC WONDER) | +0.40σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −4.0%/yr vs peers −3.3%/yr |
| Wellbeing (CDC BRFSS) | +1.35σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −0.7%/yr vs peers +2.0%/yr |
| Obesity (CDC BRFSS) | −0.54σ · window 2022–2024 (3 pts) · state +1.3%/yr vs peers +0.1%/yr |
| Early literacy (NAEP (Nation's Report Card)) | +1.15σ · window 2022–2024 (2 pts, thin) · state −1.6%/yr vs peers +2.2%/yr |
| Gun deaths (CDC WONDER) | +0.59σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −5.6%/yr vs peers −3.6%/yr |
| Food-aid access (USDA FNS) | −0.25σ · window 2021–2023 (3 pts) · state −0.6%/yr vs peers +0.9%/yr |
| Jobless-benefit access (US DOL ETA) | −0.59σ · window 2021–2024 (4 pts) · state −12.2%/yr vs peers −5.9%/yr |
| Overall (mean of domain scores) | +0.36σ · economy +0.30 · health +0.65 · environment +0.18 · public_safety +0.17 · education +1.45 · social_services −0.42 · fiscal −0.08 |
| Methodology | v2.1, preregistered — directions and lags fixed before scoring; full dataset at /pwr.json |
Every score is a fitted log-linear trend over that category’s window, minus the median trend of the other 49 states, standardized by the spread across states (σ) and capped at ±2.5. Positive always means “moved better than peers” under the category’s preregistered direction.
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Mississippi has pulled ahead of the typical state under Gov. Reeves — No. 2 of 29 governors with rated records, across 16 categories. — Political Grades, methodology v2.1, data through 2025. Provisional; trend-vs-peers scoring; relative movement, not causation.