July 21, 2025 – Gov. Tate Reeves has announced that Mississippi has been ranked among the top 10 states for jobs created by reshoring, according to the Reshoring Initiative’s 2024 and Q1 2025 report.
In 2024, according to the report, Mississippi ranked seventh in the country, having reshored 10,746 jobs. Projected data for 2025, based on Q1 information, places the state at number three, with 12,084 jobs being reshored.
“This is another really impressive accomplishment for Mississippi,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “We’re reclaiming thousand of jobs from overseas, which will result in a lot more opportunity for Mississippians. Mississippi continues to make history.”
Reshoring is the process of returning manufacturing and production jobs to the United States from overseas. It includes both domestic reshoring, in which U.S.-based companies move operations back to the U.S., and foreign direct investment, where international companies establish or expand manufacturing facilities in the nation. Mississippi is among the top states benefiting from returning manufacturing jobs, according to the Reshoring Initiative report.
The trend in reshoring momentum is attributed to factors such as proximity to market, infrastructure improvements and the impact of tariffs and government incentives.
“As Mississippi’s inbound FDI strategy forms a cornerstone of our broader economic development blueprint, we’ve been methodically priming the landscape since 2020 to dominate the global FDI battlefield,” said Mississippi Development Authority Executive Director Bill Cork. “This includes forging shovel-ready industrial sites and overhauling our tax incentives into a bold, investor-friendly arsenal.”
The key sectors driving reshoring growth include transportation equipment, electronics and wood and paper products.
