Mississippi Fast Facts

Date Admitted to the Union:

December 10, 1817 - Mississippi was the 20th state.

Mississippi State Capital:

Jackson

State Nickname:

Magnolia State.

State Motto:

Virtute et armis.
Translation: By Valor and Arms

Mississippi State Bird:

Mockingbird

Mississippi State Flower:

Magnolia

Mississippi State Tree:

Magnolia

Cities With Population Over 100,000:

• Jackson

Ten Famous People From Mississippi :

• Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy
• Medgar Evers, Civil Rights Leader
• William Faulkner, Author
• Shelby Foote, Historian
• Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate Civil War General
• James Earl Jones, Actor
• Elvis Presley, Singer
• Jerry Rice, Football Player
• Tennessee Williams, Playwright
• Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host