Mississippi

Mississippi state symbols
Mississippi state symbols
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Living insignia
Bird	Northern mockingbird; (Mimus polyglottos);
Butterfly	Spicebush swallowtail; (Papilio troilus);
Fish	Largemouth bass; (Micropterus salmoides);
Flower	Magnolia
Insect	Western honey bee; (Apis mellifera);
Mammal	White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Reptile	American alligator; (Alligator mississippiensis);
Tree	Southern magnolia; (Magnolia grandiflora);
Inanimate insignia
Beverage	Milk
Colors	red and blue
Dance	Clogging
Food	Sweet potato
Gemstone	Emerald
Mineral	Gold
Rock	Granite
Shell	Eastern oyster; (Crassostrea virginica);
Slogan	First Flight (unofficial)
State route marker
State quarter
	Mississippi quarter dollar coin Released in 2002
	Lists of United States state symbols

State
	State of Mississippi
	Flag Official seal of Seal
	Anthem: Go, Mississippi
	Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Mississippi Territory
Admitted to the Union	December 10, 1817 (20th)
Capital; (and largest city)	Jackson
Largest metro	Greater Jackson
Government
• Governor	Tate Reeves (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Delbert Hosemann (R)
Legislature	Mississippi Legislature
• Upper house	State Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
U.S. senators	Roger Wicker (R); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Trent Kelly (R); 2: Bennie Thompson (D); 3: Michael Guest (R); 4: Mike Ezell (R) (list)
Area
• Total	48,430 sq mi (125,443 km2)
• Land	46,952 sq mi (121,607 km2)
• Water	1,521 sq mi (3,940 km2) 3%
• Rank	32nd
Elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Highest elevation (Woodall Mountain)	807 ft (246.0 m)
Lowest elevation (Gulf of Mexico)	0 ft (0 m)
Population (2019)
• Total	2,976,149
• Rank	34th
• Density	63.5/sq mi (24.5/km2)
• Rank	32nd
• Median household income	$43,567
• Income rank	50th
Language
• Official language	English
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
USPS abbreviation	MS
ISO 3166 code	US-MS
Trad. abbreviation	Miss.
Latitude	30°12′ N to 35° N
Longitude	88°06′ W to 91°39′ W
Website	www.ms.gov

Mississippi is one of the states of the Southern United States. Its capital and largest city is Jackson. The state flower and tree are the magnolia. Other large cities are Biloxi, Greenville, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Pascagoula, Southaven, Tupelo, Starkville, and Vicksburg. It touches Arkansas (by the Mississippi River), Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama.

The climate of Mississippi is subtropical.

The first people to settle in Mississippi were Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans. African slaves worked on cotton plantations in the state. Mississippi has the highest percentage of African Americans of any state.

Mississippi Media

Choctaw Village by Francois Bernard.jpg

Choctaw Village by Francois Bernard
Pushmataha high resolution.jpg

Pushmataha high resolution
D'Evereux.jpg

D'Evereux Hall in Natchez. Built in 1840, the mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
First at Vicksburg.jpg

Confederate lines, Vicksburg, May 19, 1863. Shows assault by US 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry.
Legislature of the State of Mississippi (1890).png

The legislature of the state of Mississippi in 1890
All these children.jpg

Child workers, Pass Christian, 1911, by Lewis Hine
Mexican and negro cotton pickers inside plantation store, Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Miss. Delta. This transient labor is contracted for and brought in trucks from Texas each season. October 1939.jpg

Mexican American boy and African American man at the Knowlton Plantation, Perthshire, Mississippi, in 1939, by Marion Post Wolcott
FSA Dancing JukeJoint.jpg

Dancing at a juke joint near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1939, by Marion Post Wolcott
Hattiesburg Flags.jpg

Flagpoles standing behind Hattiesburg, Mississippi sign, 2016
Flag of Mississippi (1996–2020).svg

The previous flag of Mississippi, used until June 30, 2020, featured the Confederate battle flag.

Related pages

References

↑ "Knob Reset". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=EG1487.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
↑ Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).

Other websites

Media related to Mississippi (state) at Wikimedia Commons
File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Mississippi travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[1] "Knob Reset". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=EG1487.

[USGS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).

[NAVD88-3] Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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State
State of Mississippi
Flag Official seal of Seal


Anthem: Go, Mississippi
Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Mississippi Territory
Admitted to the Union	December 10, 1817 (20th)
Capital (and largest city)	Jackson
Largest metro	Greater Jackson
Government
• Governor	Tate Reeves (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Delbert Hosemann (R)
Legislature	Mississippi Legislature
• Upper house	State Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
U.S. senators	Roger Wicker (R) Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Trent Kelly (R) 2: Bennie Thompson (D) 3: Michael Guest (R) 4: Mike Ezell (R) (list)
Area
• Total	48,430 sq mi (125,443 km²)
• Land	46,952 sq mi (121,607 km²)
• Water	1,521 sq mi (3,940 km²) 3%
• Rank	32nd
Elevation	300 ft (90 m)
Highest elevation (Woodall Mountain^[1]^[2]^[3])	807 ft (246.0 m)
Lowest elevation (Gulf of Mexico^[2])	0 ft (0 m)
Population (2019)
• Total	2,976,149
• Rank	34th
• Density	63.5/sq mi (24.5/km²)
• Rank	32nd
• Median household income	$43,567 ^[4]
• Income rank	50th
Language
• Official language	English
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
USPS abbreviation	MS
ISO 3166 code	US-MS
Trad. abbreviation	Miss.
Latitude	30°12′ N to 35° N
Longitude	88°06′ W to 91°39′ W
Website	www.ms.gov