MSMississippi
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The place
Joined 1817 · 20th state · Confederate in the Civil War · Central time
Mississippi is where American music largely comes from. The Delta produced the blues, which produced rock and roll, and the state has a literary tradition to match in Faulkner and Welty and Wright. It is also the poorest state by most measures, and its history with race is the country's history at its least edited. Go for the Blues Trail markers, which are placed where things actually happened, and the Gulf Coast, which is quieter and better than the reputation.
The blues started here, and so did the teddy bear.
Eat
Fried catfish
Drink
Lazy Magnolia
Listen
B.B. King
Bird
Northern mockingbird
Flower
Magnolia
Tree
Southern magnolia
Grows
Cotton, Soybeans, Catfish
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 2,954,160
- Land area
- 46,925 mi²
- GDP per head
- $55,877
- Median household
- $59,301
- Joined
- Joined 1817
- Civil War
- Confederate
Largest cities
- 1Jackson141K
- 2Gulfport75K
- 3Southaven57K
- 4Hattiesburg49K
- 5Biloxi48K
Race
- White58.0%
- Black36.8%
- Two or more3.0%
Hispanic or Latino4.6%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
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