Mississippi

=Mississippi =

Welcome to Mississppi!


 * Mississippi has rural,urban and suburban areas
 * The population in Mississippi is 2,951,996
 * The size of Mississippi is 48,434 square miles
 * The climate in Mississippi is very warm but still they say it has four changing seasons
 * One natural resource is wood
 * The crops that are most famous are cotto and soybeans
 * Tourism is a growing industry and also shipping

The Goverment
 * State Governor is Haley Brobour
 * The capital is Jackson
 * The U.S. Democrats total is one
 * The Republicans total is three
 * The State Senators total is 52 [[image:149559722_9f25e2175e.jpg width="250" height="163"]]
 * The State Representatives total is 122
 * There are 82 counties in Mississippi

Culture
 * There are no current professional sports teams in Mississippi
 * If you ever happen to go to Mississippi The Delta Blues are very famous musical group
 * River boats are very popular in Mississippi

Symbols
 * State Bird is "Mocking Bird"
 * State Tree is "Mongolia"
 * State Animal is "White Tailed Deer"
 * State toy is "Teddy Bear" [[image:3931963863_c55b1e2078.jpg width="350" height="273"]]
 * State Berverage is"Milk"

Lastly the State nickname is the Mongolia State

Fun Facts
 * Famous people are Faith Hill, Elvis Presley, Jerry Rice and Oprah Winfrey
 * Favorite dessert is mud cake
 * Root Beer was invented Biloxi, Mississippi

Other
 * Some of America's finest writers were born in Mississippi
 * Five hundred Civil War battles were fought in Mississippi
 * Mississippi comes from the word "Great Waters" [[image:Mississippi_statesiconmap.gif align="right"]]