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Mississippi was the 20th state to be admitted into the Union onWednesday, December10, 1817

More facts about Mississippi

Mississippi's capital - Jackson

Border States - Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee 

Nickname - Magnolia State

Mississippi, one of the East South Central states of the United States, bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas. The Mississippi River forms almost all of the western boundary, and the Pearl River forms part of the southern boundary.

For a little more than one hundred years, from shortly after the state's founding through the Great Depression, cotton was the undisputed king of Mississippi's largely agrarian economy. Over the last half-century, however, Mississippi has diversified its economy by balancing agricultural output with increased industrial activity.

Today, agriculture continues as a major segment of the state's economy. For almost four decades soybeans occupied the most acreage, while cotton remained the largest cash crop. In 2001, however, more acres of cotton were planted than soybeans, and Mississippi jumped to second in the nation in cotton production (exceeded only by Texas). The state's farmlands also yield important harvests of corn, peanuts, pecans, rice, sugar cane, and sweet potatoes as well as poultry, eggs, meat animals, dairy products, feed crops, and horticultural crops. Mississippi remains the world's leading producer of pond-raised catfish.

The most important river of the state is the Mississippi; its chief tributaries in the state are the Yazoo and Big Black rivers. Much of central and eastern Mississippi is drained by streams flowing south to the Gulf of Mexico. These include the Pearl, Pascagoula, and Tombigbee rivers.

Mississippi has many lakes, the largest of which have been created by dams on rivers. Among such bodies of water are Ross Barnett Reservoir, on the Pearl River.; Arkabutla Lake, on the Coldwater River.; Grenada Lake, on the Yalobusha River; and Pickwick Lake, on the Tennessee River. In addition, changes in the course of the Mississippi have resulted in the formation of numerous oxbow lakes, so named because of their shape. (Oxbow lakes are formed when a river cuts through the neck of one of its loops, or meanders, thus establishing a shorter course and leaving the former loop as a lake separate from the river.)

About 55% of the land area of Mississippi is covered with forests. In the north are such hardwoods as elm, hickory, and oak, as well as cedar, shortleaf pine, and tupelo. In the south are loblolly, longleaf, and slash pines. Other trees include live oak, magnolia, pecan, and sweet gum. Flowering plants in Mississippi include azalea, black-eyed Susan, camellia, dogwood, iris, Cherokee rose, trillium, and violet.

The white-tailed deer is the principal large animal of Mississippi. Other mammals found in abundance include beaver, fox, opossum, rabbit, skunk, and squirrel. Among the state's game birds are duck, quail, and wild turkey. In the winter, migrating duck, egret, heron, and tern nest on Horn and Petit Bois islands. Freshwater fish include black bass, bream, catfish, croaker, and perch; crabs, oysters, shrimp, Spanish mackerel, menhaden, and tarpon inhabit marine waters. Mineral Resources Mississippi has considerable deposits of petroleum and natural gas. Other mineral resources include clay, sand and gravel, lignite, iron ore, limestone, and salt.

The state abounds in historical landmarks and is the home of the Vicksburg National Military Park. Other National Park Service areas are Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Tupelo National Battlefield, and part of Natchez TraceNational Parkway. Pre–Civil War mansions are the special pride of Natchez, Oxford, Columbus, Vicksburg, and Jackson.

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