MISSISSIPPI 
          "By Valor and Arms"


 
Date Admitted:  1817 (20th) 
Capital:  Jackson 
Largest City:  Jackson 
Population:  2,730,501 
State Song:  "Go Mis-sis-sip-pi" 
                     Lyrics 
State Bird:  Mockingbird 
State Tree:  Magnolia 
State Flower:  Magnolia 
Nickname:  The Magnolia State 
State Constitution:  Adopted in 1890 
Official State Web Page:  Mississippi 
Department of Education:  Schools 
Electronic Library:  Mississippi 

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Links of Interest 

News and Media 
   Mississippi Daily News 
   Mississippi Educational Network 
   Mississippi Weather 

Travel and Tourism 
   Gulf Coast Traveler 
   Louie D's Eye on the Coast 
   Mississippi Gulf Coast 
   Mississippi Gulf Coast CVB  
   Mississippi Tourism 
   Official Mississippi Gulf Coast 
   Mississippi [mississippi.org] 
   Mississippi [valuecom.com] 

History and Culture 
   Mississippi State Project 
   Mississippi Arts Commission 
   Mississippi Civil Rights  
      Oral History Bibliography 
   Mississippi Department of 
      Archives and History 
   Mississippi Mensa 
   Gulf Islands National Seashore 
   Mississippi State Parks 
 

 
            Adopted in 1894 

Elected Officials  
    Governor:  
        Kirk Fordice 
    Senators:  
        Thad Cochran 
        Trent Lott 
    Representatives:  
        Roger Wicker -- 1st District  
        Bennie Thompson -- 2nd District  
        Charles Pickering -- 3rd District  
        Mike Parker -- 4th District  
        Gene Taylor -- 5th District