Infrastructure

Airports

The Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport offers non-stop flight service to six of the nation's 10 largest airports. Airlines operating at this facility are:

Highways & Interstates

Two major thoroughfares intersect in Hinds County: Interstate 20 (running east and west from Texas to South Carolina) and Interstate 55 (running north and south from Illinois through Louisiana). A third artery, Interstate 220, connects Interstate 20 west of Jackson and Interstate 55 north of Jackson.

United States Highways 49, 51, and 80 also intersect in Jackson and connect Hinds County with the Gulf of Mexico and the contiguous states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

Rail

Canadian National Railway

CN's railroad extends from New Orleans to Chicago and connects to its extensive network of railways in Canada. In the United States, the railway's western limit is Souix City, Iowa while its eastern limit is Portland, Maine. The railway also travels southeast to the port city of Mobile, Alabama.

Jackson is the headquarters for CN's United States central sub-region.

Kansas City Southern Railway

KCS's railway stretches north and south from Omaha to Houston and east and west from Dallas to Mobile. For international shipping, the KCS network extends south into Mexico.

One of KSCR's primary rail yards, High Oak Yard, is located in the Greater Jackson area, as is an 85-acre intermodal ramp with capacity for 300 cars and a 55-acre TransLoad Center for handling bulk plastics, food products, clay, forest products, and steel.

Seaport & Waterways

If your business needs access to the sea without having to locate on the water, our location is in a sweet spot. We're 45 minutes from the Mississippi River and 160 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. That gives you a nice, cozy inland location that is still within three hours of five of the largest ports in the country.

Communications

A wide variety of telecommunications companies serve Hinds County, keeping you and your customers connected and allowing your business to run at full speed.

Electricity

To support Mississippi's economic development efforts, electric suppliers offer incentive electricity pricing to new manufacturing industries and also to existing manufacturing industries that make significant expansions.

Hinds County's major electric supplier is Entergy Mississippi, which provides electricity to approximately 427,000 customers in 45 of Mississippi's 82 counties. To assist businesses and industry, Entergy employs a team of economic development professionals who work with communities and site selectors. For more information on the company and their rates, visit Entergy Mississippi.

Natural Gas

• Atmos Energy Corporation 

• CenterPoint Energy

Waste & Wastewater

The Mississippi State Department of Health, through its Division of Water Supply, is the regulatory agency for the state's public water systems. The Mississippi Drinking Water Program serves as a model to the nation for its cooperative efforts with water systems aimed at providing water that meets all Federal and State Safe Drinking Water Act Standards.

Wastewater permitting activities are handled by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. Industries wishing to discharge to waters of the state must obtain an National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) wastewater permit from the state. Because of the abundant surface water in Mississippi, there are many locations for discharge.