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
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
