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Mississippi
Mississippi is a southern state of the United States.
Postal abbreviation: MS. Official (long) name: State
of Mississippi.
The state takes its name from the Mississippi River,
which flows along the
western boundary. The name Capital Jackson
itself probably comes from Largest City Jackson
Native American words with
various spellings that mean Area Ranked 32nd
"large waters" or "father - Total 125,546 km2
of the waters." Other - Land 121,606 km2
nicknames attached to - Water 3,940 km2
Mississippi are the Eagle - % water 3%
State, the Border-Eagle Population Ranked 31st
State. - Total (2000) 2,697,243
- Density 21.5/km2
USS Mississippi was named
in honor of this state. Admittance into Union
- Order 20th
- Date December 10, 1817
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Latitude 30æ13'N to 35æN
Longitude 88æ7'W to 91æ41'W
Width 275 km
Length 545 km
Elevation
-Highest 246 meters
-Mean 90 meters
-Lowest 0 meters
ISO 3166-2: US-MS
History
Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817.
It was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate
States of America on January 9, 1861. During the Civil War the Confederate
States were defeated and subsequently Mississippi was readmitted to the
Union on February 23, 1870.
On August 17, 1969 Category 5 Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi coast
killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 dollars).
Law and Government
Capital: Jackson
Geography
Physical Geography: Mississippi is bounded by Tennessee on the north,
Alabama on the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana on the south, and on
the west, across the Mississippi River, the states of Louisiana and Arkansas.
Mississippi's physical geography is characterized by two distinct regions:
the Mississippi River Floodplain and the Gulf Coastal Plain. The Mississippi
Floodplain runs along the western part of the state, adjacent to the
Mississippi River, and includes the Mississippi Delta region, one of the
most fertile regions in the world. Between the southwest corner and
Vicksburg the Floodplain extends only a few miles east of the river, but
north of Vicksburg it extends eastward to the Yazoo River, forming a large,
leaf-shaped region, the Mississippi Delta. The Gulf Coastal Plain covers all
the rest of the state and can be divided into nine distinct regions. The
Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers' Hills occupy the northeastern part of the
state, where Woodall Mountain, near Iuka, is the state's highest point, at
806 feet above sea level. West of the Hills is the Black Prairie, a narrow,
fertile, crescent-shaped lowland with few trees. Along the western border of
the Black Prairie rises the Pontotoc Ridge, from the Tennessee state line to
near Ackerman. North Mississippi also includes the Flatwoods, a narrow
crescent of sticky clay soil adjacent to both the Tennessee and Alabama
borders. Additionally, the North Central Hills occupy all of north-central
Mississippi and extend as far southeast as Clarke County. To the west, the
Loess Hills (or Bluff Hills) another series of uplands run along the edge of
the Floodplain. These hills border the eastern edge of the Delta in the
north and then curve westward following the line of the Mississippi River
below Vicksburg.
South of the North Central Hills, the Jackson Prairies, a belt of fertile
farmland, run northwest to southeast from Yahoo County into Wayne County.
All of southern Mississippi except for a strip along the gulf, is covered
with the Long Leaf Pine Hills (a.k.a. Piney Woods) south of the Jackson
Prairies, and is the state's chief timber-producing area. Along the southern
edge of the panhandle lie the Coastal Meadows. The lowest part of the state,
along the estuary known as the Mississippi Sound, lies at sea level.
The western part of the state is drained by the Mississippi River and three
of its tributaries -? the Yazoo, Big Black, and Homochitto rivers. The
extreme northeastern corner lies in the basin of the Tennessee River. The
rest of the state drains southward into the Gulf of Mexico, mainly through
the Pearl, Pascagoula, and Tombigbee rivers.
National Parks
The National Park Service administers the Natchez Trace Parkway, which runs
approximately 300 miles southwest to northeast across Mississippi from
Natchez in Adams County, then west and north of Jackson, then north past
Kosciusko and Starkville, near Pontotoc and Tupelo, where the Parkway
headquarters are located, until it enters northwest Alabama from Tishomingo County.
Additionally, Mississippi's four barrier islands, Horn Island, Cat Island,
East and West Ship Islands, and Petit Bois Islands form part of the Gulf
Islands National Seashore adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico.
Demographics
Population: Mississippi currently ranks 31st among U.S. States in
population, with 2,844,658 people as of the 2000 census.
Racial Makeup: Until about 1940 African Americans made up a majority of
Mississippians. Currently, however, blacks only consists of about 33 percent
of the population. A few thousand Indians (mostly Choctaw) live in the east
central section of the state. The small Chinese population found in the
Delta is descended from farm laborers brought there from California in the
1870s. The Chinese did not adjust well to the Mississippi plantation system,
however, and most of them became small merchants. The coastal fishing
industry has attracted Southeast Asian refugees.
The white population of Mississippi is remarkably homogeneous. More than 98
percent native-born of native stock, whites are predominantly of British,
Irish, and northern European. The black, Choctaw Indian, and Chinese
segments of the population are also almost entirely native-born.
Religious Makeup: Mississippi's religious affiliations largely consist of
Protestant denominations, particularly Baptists and United Methodists. The
Roman Catholic population is found primarily in urban areas and on the Gulf
Coast. The Jewish population is also mainly concentrated in urban areas.
Important Cities and Towns
* Jackson * Meridian
* Gulfport * Oxford
* Biloxi * Laurel
* Natchez * McComb
* Vicksburg * Brookhaven
* Columbus * Pascagoula
* Greenville * Corinth
* Tupelo * Starkville
* Hattiesburg
Education
Colleges and Universities
* Alcorn State University * Mississippi University for Women
* Belhaven College * Mississippi Valley State University
* Blue Mountain College * Rust College
* Delta State University * Tougaloo College
* Jackson State University * University of Mississippi
* Magnolia Bible College * University of Mississippi Medical
* Millsaps College Center
* Mississippi College * University of Southern Mississippi
* Mississippi State * William Carey College
University
Miscellaneous Information
Motto: "Virtute et Armis" (By Valor and Arms)
Song: "Go, Mississippi", adopted 1962
Tree: Magnolia
Bird: Mockingbird
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