HomeCountiesArticlesMethodologyContactTwo comparisons, both shown. The national basis ranks Issaquena County against every scored U.S. county — its percentile band above is a relative national standing, not a condition. The in-state basis ranks it against Mississippi's other counties (rank and percentile only — bands aren't meaningful within a single state). A county can stand out in its own state while sitting mid-pack nationally. Neither is a forecast.
Issaquena County scores 65.5 on the national CAERI basis — 216th of 3,142 scored U.S. counties, placing it in the Top 10% band nationally by percentile, with a low-confidence rating. Within Mississippi it ranks 1st of 82 counties (99th in-state percentile). The score summarizes how concentrated local employment is in AI-exposed occupations against the economy's measured capacity to adapt; these are relative-standing bands, not a projection of local job change.
Direct occupational exposure stands at the 93rd national percentile. The largest concentrations of locally estimated employment in high-exposure occupations are librarians and media collections specialists, court, municipal, and license clerks, accountants and auditors. The share of exposed-industry jobs held by workers under 25 is 7% — near the state median of 7%; research on AI-era payrolls finds early-career roles in exposed work are where hiring patterns shift first, so this share indicates how soon exposure could be felt, not how large it is.
The share of exposed-industry jobs held by workers 55 and over is 28% (near the state median) — a higher share historically means slower workforce adjustment when industries restructure. Fiscal sensitivity ranks at the 29th percentile among Mississippi's counties. Census of Governments data shows state aid at 12% of this county's general revenue (well below the state median), and wage- and consumption-sensitive streams (sales, income, and similar own-source taxes, where levied) at 0% of own-source revenue. Property taxes, which respond to economic change more slowly, are counted separately and are not part of that sensitive share. How this state's aid formulas and tax structure carry economic change into local budgets is covered in the state-specific fiscal analysis available to subscribers. All county occupation figures on this page are model-based ESTIMATES with the confidence rating shown above.
Across all 101 high-exposure occupations (top quartile of ensemble exposure) with estimated local employment, Issaquena County has an estimated 52 jobs — 32.2% of county employment — carrying an estimated $3M annual wage bill in high-exposure work. The five largest:
| Occupation | Estimated local employment* | Exposure (0–1) | Median wage (area) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Librarians and Media Collections Specialists | 6 | 0.43 | $55,860 |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 3 | 0.40 | $35,910 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 3 | 0.48 | $64,670 |
| Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 3 | 0.50 | $34,270 |
| Office Clerks, General | 2 | 0.44 | $33,610 |
| Issaquena County | Mississippi median | |
|---|---|---|
| Share of exposed-industry jobs held by workers under 25 (entry rung) | 7.2% | 7.2% |
| Share of exposed-industry jobs held by workers 55+ (adjustment friction) | 27.5% | 27.5% |
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StrataHelm. (2026). Issaquena County, Mississippi — Community AI Exposure & Resilience Index (CAERI v1.0.0) [Data set]. Retrieved October 4, 2026, from https://stratahelm.com/counties/mississippi/issaquena/
“Issaquena County, Mississippi — CAERI.” StrataHelm, 2026, stratahelm.com/counties/mississippi/issaquena/. Accessed 4 October 2026.
StrataHelm. “Issaquena County, Mississippi — Community AI Exposure and Resilience Index (v1.0.0).” 2026. https://stratahelm.com/counties/mississippi/issaquena/
Machine-readable: this county's JSON · national dataset download and data dictionary on the methodology page.
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| Layer | Sources (vintage) |
|---|---|
| Employment & occupation structure | cbp_ms_county_naics4: Census CBP 2023 API (NAICS2017 classification; PAYANN in $1,000s; noise infusion G/H/J bands, D = withheld -> NaN); county_soc_estimates.meta_ms.json; exposure_scores: 2026-10-02; matrix_staffing_patterns: 2024-34 National Employment Matrix (base year 2024) |
| AI-exposure research base | Anthropic Economic Index; Felten, Raj & Seamans (AIOE); Eloundou et al. — combined as a weighted ensemble with cross-source disagreement feeding the confidence rating |
| Capacity, buffer & fiscal | govfin_ms_county_revenue_mix: 2022 Census of Governments, Survey of Government Finances; lodes_ms_county_flows: LEHD LODES8 OD 2023, JT00/S000; sources: ms_main, ms_aux, al_aux, ar_aux, la_aux, tn_aux; qwi_ms_county_naics3_age: Census QWI (qwi/sa), quarters ['2025-Q1', '2025-Q2', '2025-Q3', '2025-Q4'], sex=0, ownercode=A05 (private), 96 NAICS-3 + '00' all-industry |
| Methodology | CAERI v1.0.0 · public methodology · scores generated 2026-10-02 · page generated 2026-10-04 |
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