Entergy Economic Development - Distribution and Warehousing

Distribution & Warehousing

Mississippi is a prime location for companies focused on transportation logistics, including the distribution and warehousing of goods. With its central location and excellent highway system, Mississippi is a transportation hub for goods in the United States.

There are approximately 2,600 businesses in the transportation logistics and wholesale industry in the Entergy Mississippi service territory and the state is conveniently located adjacent to Memphis, Tennessee, which is the largest distribution/logistics hub in the nation.

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600,000

Workforce in the Entergy Mississippi Territory

28

Rail Systems in the Entergy Mississippi Territory

Mississippi is a prime location for companies focused on transportation logistics, including the distribution and warehousing of goods

Mississippi

With its central location and excellent highway system, Mississippi is a transportation hub for goods in the United States.

Workforce

Average wages in the Entergy Mississippi territory are more than 30% lower than the U.S. average.
The Entergy Mississippi area’s workforce is over 600,000 strong, with more than 34,000 employed in distribution and warehousing and an additional 60,000 jobs in adjacent Shelby County, Tennessee, which is a major U.S. distribution hub.
The FedEx World Hub, located in nearby Shelby County, Tennessee, is the company’s flagship hub and covers 880 acres near the Memphis International Airport.

Transportation

Mississippi has 28 rail systems, including the following Class 1 carriers: Burlington Northern Railway, CSX Transportation, Canadian National Railway, Kansas City Southern Railroad and Norfolk Southern.
Bordering the state of Mississippi to the west, the Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and runs more than 2,000 miles south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Five ports are located within the Entergy Mississippi territory with access to the Mississippi River. The Mississippi ports include the Port of Rosedale, Port of Greenville, Yazoo County Port, Port of Vicksburg and the Natchez-Adams County Port.
The Port of Memphis, which is the fifth largest inland port in the U.S., is easily accessed in adjacent Shelby County, Tennessee.
The state of Mississippi’s highway system, ranked one of the best in the nation, connects to essential regional markets, including New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta, with six interstates and 14 federal highways.
Mississippi is served by three international and four commercial airports.