GC cities' Policom economies

For more than 20 years, POLICOM.com has assisted and advised communities on how to improve their local economies. Its 2018 Economic Strength Rankings for the Metropolitan and Micropolitan areas are now online. POLICOM analyzes local and state economies, determines if they are growing or declining, identifies what is causing this to happen, and offers ideas and solutions to improve the situation. In the Micropolitan section for smaller communities, POLICOM ranked the Top 550 communities. Among cities of Gulf Coast states, there were three from Mississippi that made the Top 56. Oxford (49, but down from 36 in 2017), Tupelo (53, up from 62nd); Columbus (56, down from 40); Starkville, Miss. (137); Meridian, Miss. (317); Brookhaven, Miss. (324); Laurel, Miss. (339, down from 177); Morgan City, La. (368) Corinth, Miss. (378); Natchitoches, La. (381); West Point, Miss. (401, up 18 places); Grenada, Miss. (456, up 27 spots); Bogalusa, La. (463); Cleveland, Miss. (489, down 40 spots); Picayune, Miss. (497); Natchez, Miss. (513); Greenville, Miss. (514); Greenwood, Miss. (523); McComb, Miss. (527, down 84 spots); Indianola, Miss. (545); and Clarksdale, Miss. (547). (Source: Policom.com media release and Policom.com 01/18)