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Welcome to Mississippi
 Introduction
Mississippi is a southern state of the United States known as “The Magnolia State,” and “The Hospitality State.” It is considered part of the Deep South. The state takes its name from the Mississippi River. The capital and largest city is Jackson. Mississipi's most important cultural contribution to America is its role in the creation of the blues, country music, and rock n' roll. Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana the Gulf of Mexico, and Arkansas. Per capita personal income in 2005 was $33,569, 50th in the nation (ranking includes the District of Columbia). In contrast to the lowest per capita income Mississippians consistently rank as one of the highest per capita in charitable contributions, Generosity Index.
 People
Total population (2007) 2,918,785
Total Births (2006) 44,117
Total Deaths (2006) 29,117
Total natural population increases (2006) 15,000
Total international migration (2006) 2,301
Total internal migration (2006) -14,854
Net migration (2006) -12,553
Total male population (2000) 1,373,554
Total female population (2000) 1,471,104
Total white population (2000) 1,746,099
Total black population (2000) 1,033,809
Total asian population (2000) 18,626
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 11,652
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 667
Hispanic population (2000) 39,569
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 2,069,471
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,340,870
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 685,259
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 7,629
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 13,604
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 494
Female median age (2000) 35
Male median age (2000) 32
Total number households (2000) 1,046,434
Average household size (2000) 2.63




 Geography
Capital Jackson
Largest City Jackson
State's Total Area Ranking 32
Total Area 48 sq mi
Width 170 miles
Length 340 miles
Percent Water 0.03%
Latitude 30°13'N to 35°N
Longitude 88°7'W to 91°41'W
Highest Elevation Woodall Mountain 806 ft (246 m)
Mean Elevation 300 ft
Lowest Elevation Gulf of Mexico 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $81,290,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 1.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $2,085,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $2,042,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $2,247,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $3,536,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,798,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $4,848,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $4,170,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $6,772,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $2,916,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $2,073,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $3,662,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $7,174,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,697,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $828,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $1,608,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $463,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $5,721,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $842,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $3,358,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $2,255,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $14,194,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $5,432,152
Total state tax per capita (2005) $1,860
Total employees state & local government (2005) 188,707
Firefighters (2005) 3,362
Government hospital employees (2005) 30,569
Government transit employees (2005) 132
Population with health insurance (2000) 2,319,602
Population without health insurance (2000) 480,236
 Other
State Flower Magnolia
State Bird Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Violent crime (2005) 8,131
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 278.4
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 214
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 7.3
Forcible rape (2005) 1,147
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 39.3
Robbery (2005) 2,405
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 82.3
Aggravated assault (2005) 4,365
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 149.4
Property crime (2005) 95,231
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 3260.1
Burglary (2005) 26,866
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 919.7
Larceny-theft (2005) 60,873
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2083.9
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 7,492
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 256.5
 City List (Population 2000)
Abbeville (423) Aberdeen (6,415) Ackerman (1,696)
Algoma (508) Alligator (220) Amory (6,956)
Anguilla (907) Arcola (563) Arkabutla
Artesia (498) Ashland (577) Avon
Bailey Baldwyn (3,321) Banner
Bassfield (315) Batesville (7,113) Bay Saint Louis
Bay Springs (2,097) Beaumont (977) Becker
Belden Belen Bellefontaine
Belmont (1,961) Belzoni (2,663) Benoit (611)
Bentonia (500) Benton Beulah (473)
Big Creek (127) Biloxi (50,644) Blue Mountain (670)
Blue Springs (144) Bogue Chitto (533) Bolton (629)
Booneville (8,625) Boyle (720) Brandon (16,436)
Braxton (181) Brookhaven (9,861) Brooklyn
Brooksville (1,182) Bruce (2,097) Buckatunna
Bude (1,037) Burnsville (1,034) Byhalia (706)
Byram (7,386) Caledonia (1,015) Calhoun City (1,872)
Camden Canton (12,911) Carriere
Carrollton (408) Carson Carthage (4,637)
Cary (427) Cascilla Cedarbluff
Centreville (1,680) Charleston (2,198) Chatawa
Chatham Chunky (344) Clara
Clarksdale (20,645) Cleveland (13,841) Clinton (23,347)
Coahoma (325) Coffeeville (930) Coila
Coldwater (1,674) Collins (2,683) Collinsville (1,823)
Columbia (6,603) Columbus (25,944) Como (1,310)
Conehatta (997) Corinth (14,054) Courtland (460)
Crawford (655) Crenshaw (916) Crosby (360)
Crowder (766) Cruger (449) Crystal Springs (5,873)
D Lo Daleville Darling
De Kalb (972) Decatur (1,426) Delta City
Dennis Derma (1,023) Diamondhead (5,912)
Diberville Doddsville (108) Drew (2,434)
Dublin Duck Hill (746) Dumas (452)
Duncan (578) Dundee Durant (2,932)
Eastabuchie Ecru (947) Edwards (1,347)
Elliott Ellisville (3,465) Enid
Enterprise (474) Escatawpa (3,566) Ethel (452)
Etta Eupora (2,326) Falcon (317)
Falkner (212) Farrell Fayette (2,242)
Fernwood Flora (1,546) Florence (2,396)
Flowood (4,750) Forest (5,987) Foxworth
French Camp (393) Friars Point (1,480) Fulton (3,882)
Gallman Gattman (114) Gautier (11,681)
Georgetown (344) Glen Allan Glendora (285)
Glen (286) Gloster (1,073) Golden (201)
Goodman (1,252) Gore Springs Grace
Greenville (41,633) Greenwood Springs Greenwood (18,425)
Grenada (14,879) Gulfport (71,127) Gunnison (633)
Guntown (1,183) Hamilton Harperville
Harriston Harrisville Hattiesburg (44,779)
Hazlehurst (4,400) Heidelberg (840) Hermanville
Hernando (6,812) Hickory Flat (565) Hickory (499)
Hillsboro Holcomb Hollandale (3,437)
Holly Bluff Holly Ridge Holly Springs (7,957)
Horn Lake (14,099) Houlka Houston (4,079)
Hurley (985) Independence Indianola (12,066)
Inverness (1,153) Isola (768) Itta Bena (2,208)
Iuka (3,059) Jackson (184,256) Jayess
Jonestown (1,701) Kilmichael (830) Kiln (2,040)
Kokomo Kosciusko (7,372) Lake Cormorant
Lake (408) Lakeshore Lamar
Lambert (1,967) Lauderdale Laurel (18,393)
Lawrence Leakesville (1,026) Leland (5,502)
Lena (167) Lexington (2,025) Liberty (633)
Little Rock Long Beach (17,320) Lorman
Louin (339) Louise (315) Louisville (7,006)
Lucedale (2,458) Ludlow Lula (370)
Lumberton (2,228) Lyon (418) Maben (803)
Macon (2,461) Madden Madison (14,692)
Magee (4,200) Magnolia (2,071) Mantachie (1,107)
Mantee (169) Marietta (248) Marion (1,305)
Marks (1,551) Mathiston (720) Mayersville (795)
Mayhew Mc Adams Mc Call Creek
Mc Carley Mc Cool Mc Henry
Mc Lain Mc Neill Mccomb (13,337)
Meadville (519) Mendenhall (2,555) Meridian (39,968)
Merigold (664) Metcalfe (1,109) Michigan City
Midnight Minter City Mississippi State
Mize (285) Money Monticello (1,726)
Montpelier Mooreville Moorhead (2,573)
Morgan City (305) Morton (3,482) Moselle
Moss Point (15,851) Moss Mound Bayou (2,102)
Mount Olive (893) Mount Pleasant Myrtle (407)
Natchez (18,464) Neely Nesbit
Nettleton (1,932) New Albany (7,607) New Augusta (715)
New Site Newhebron Newton (3,699)
Nicholson North Carrollton (499) Noxapater (419)
Oak Vale Oakland (586) Ocean Springs (17,225)
Okolona (3,056) Olive Branch (21,054) Osyka (481)
Ovett Oxford (11,756) Pace (364)
Pachuta (245) Panther Burn Parchman
Paris Pascagoula (26,200) Pass Christian (6,579)
Pattison Paulding Pearlington (1,684)
Pearl (21,961) Pelahatchie (1,461) Perkinston
Petal (7,579) Pheba Philadelphia (7,303)
Philipp Picayune (10,535) Pickens (1,325)
Piney Woods Pinola Pittsboro (212)
Plantersville (1,144) Pocahontas Pontotoc (5,253)
Pope (241) Poplarville (2,601) Port Gibson (1,840)
Porterville Potts Camp (494) Prairie
Prentiss (1,158) Preston Puckett (354)
Pulaski Purvis (2,164) Quitman (2,463)
Raleigh (1,255) Randolph Raymond (1,664)
Red Banks Redwood Rena Lara
Richland (6,027) Richton (1,038) Ridgeland (20,173)
Rienzi (330) Ripley (5,478) Robinsonville
Rolling Fork (2,486) Rome Rose Hill
Rosedale (2,414) Roxie (569) Ruleville (3,234)
Ruth Sallis (114) Saltillo (3,393)
Sandersville (789) Sandhill Sandy Hook
Sarah Sardis (2,038) Satartia (68)
Saucier (1,303) Schlater (388) Scobey
Scooba (632) Scott Sebastopol (233)
Seminary (335) Senatobia (6,682) Shannon (1,657)
Sharon Shaw (2,312) Shelby (2,926)
Sherard Sherman (548) Shubuta (651)
Shuqualak (562) Sibley Sidon (672)
Silver City (337) Silver Creek (209) Slate Spring
Sledge (529) Smithdale Smithville (882)
Sontag Soso (379) Southaven (28,977)
Starkville (21,869) Star State Line (555)
Steens Stewart Stoneville
Stonewall (1,149) Stringer Sturgis (206)
Summit (1,428) Sumner (407) Sumrall (1,005)
Sunflower (696) Swan Lake Swiftown
Taylor (289) Taylorsville (1,341) Tchula (2,332)
Terry (664) Thaxton (513) Thomastown
Tie Plant Tillatoba (121) Tinsley
Tiplersville Tippo Tishomingo (316)
Toccopola (189) Toomsuba Tougaloo
Trebloc Tremont (390) Tula
Tunica (1,132) Tupelo (34,211) Tutwiler (1,364)
Tylertown (1,910) Union Church Union (2,021)
University Utica (966) Vaiden (840)
Valley Park Van Vleet Vance
Vancleave (4,910) Vardaman (1,065) Vaughan
Verona (3,334) Vicksburg (26,407) Victoria
Vossburg Walls Walnut Grove (488)
Walnut (754) Walthall (170) Washington
Water Valley (3,677) Waterford Waveland (6,674)
Waynesboro (5,197) Wayside Webb (587)
Weir (553) Wesson (1,693) West Point (12,145)
West (220) Wheeler Whitfield
Wiggins (3,849) Winona (5,482) Winstonville (319)
Winterville Woodland (159) Woodville (1,192)
Yazoo City (14,550)