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Mississippi two letter code: MS

capital: Jackson est. 1821

population:

2,989,260 ( 63.50 people per square mile )

Nicknames:

Hospitality State
Magnolia State
The Birthplace of America's Music
The Bayou State

4 Neighboring States:

Alabama
Arkanssas
Louisiana
Tennessee

4 Areacodes:

228 601 662 769

Airport : 187
Heliport : 44

Electoral Votes: 6

State Motto: Virtute et armis
english translation: By valor and arms

Highest point in Mississippi: Woodall Mountain , 806 feet

fossil	Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza whales
fossil scientific name	Basilosaurus cetoides Zygorhiza kochii
tree	Southern Magnolia
tree binomial nomenclature	Magnolia grandiflora
flower	Magnolia
flower scientificname	Magnolia
fish	Largemouth bass
fish binomial nomenclature	Micropterus salmoides
bird	Mockingbird
shell	Eastern oyster
reptile	American alligator
reptile scientific name	Alligator mississippiensis
insect	European honey bee
insect scientific name	Apis mellifera
butterfly	Spicebush swallowtail
butterfly binomial nomenclature	Papilio troilus
land mammal	White-tailed deer
marine mammal	Bottlenosed dolphin
rock or stone	Petrified wood

Crime Chart	Mississippi Crime (2014)	USA Crime (2014)
population	2,994,079	318,857,056
violent crimes	8,338	1,197,987
violent crime rate	278.5	375.7
murder and manslaughter	258	14,249
murder and manslaughter rate	8.6	4.5
rape	1,058	116,645
rape rate	35.3	36.6
robbery	2,430	325,802
robbery rate	81.2	102.2
aggravated assault	4,592	741,291
aggravated assault rate	153.4	232.5
property crimes	87,462	8,277,829
property crime rate	2921.2	2596.1
burglary	24,352	1,729,806
burglary rate	813.3	542.5
larceny theft	58,591	5,858,496
larceny theft rate	1956.9	1837.3
motor vechicle theft	4,519	689,527
motor vehicle theft rate	150.9	216.2