Mississippi, the Magnolia State


Land area: 46,914 sq. mi. (31)
Population (2000): 2,844,658 (31)
Population density: 60.64 per sq. mi. (32)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 4
Entered Union: 10-Dec-1817 (20)

For scenic beauty, it’s tough to beat the Natchez Trace Parkway. It starts all the way up near Nashville, Tenn., and follows an old settlers’ trail clear down to Natchez. It runs by Tupelo and Jackson. In Tupelo, fans of Elvis Presley can check out his birthplace, a two-room house a few blocks off Route 78, while literature buffs can see William Faulkner's home in Oxford, which is also home to Ole Miss. Recently, Vicksburg and Biloxi have added riverboat gambling, along with other cities.

Recently, Mississippi voters rejected a proposed new state flag. See the proposed flag.


No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 82 of 82

County Pop. (2000)     Latest Visit   County Seat Visited?
Adams 34,340 17-Aug-2007 Natchez yes
Alcorn 34,558 4-Aug-2001 Corinth yes
Amite 13,599 14-Aug-2008 Liberty yes
Attala 19,661 17-Aug-1993 Kosciusko yes
Benton 8,026 14-Aug-1993 Ashland
Bolivar 40,633 2-Sep-2006 Cleveland
Rosedale
yes
 
Calhoun 15,069 15-Aug-2008 Pittsboro
Carroll 10,769 2-Sep-2006 Carrollton
Vaiden
yes
 
Chickasaw 19,440 15-Aug-2008 Houston
Okalona
yes
 
Choctaw 9,758 17-Aug-1993 Ackerman
Claiborne 11,831 14-Aug-2008 Port Gibson yes
Clarke 17,955 15-Aug-2008 Quitman
Clay 21,979 15-Aug-2008 West Point yes
Coahoma 30,622 26-Aug-1998 Clarksdale
Copiah 28,757 14-Aug-2008 Hazlehurst yes
Covington 19,407 17-Aug-2007 Collins yes
DeSoto 107,199 15-Aug-2008 Hernando
Forrest 72,604 14-Aug-2008 Hattiesburg yes
Franklin 8,448 14-Aug-2008 Meadville yes
George 19,144 14-Aug-2008 Lucedale
Greene 13,299 15-Aug-2008 Leakesville
Grenada 23,263 15-Aug-2008 Grenada yes
Hancock 42,967 3-Jul-1999 Bay Saint Louis
Harrison 189,601 3-Jul-1999 Biloxi
Gulfport
yes
yes
Hinds 250,800 3-Sep-2006 Jackson
Raymond
yes
 
Holmes 21,609 2-Sep-2006 Lexington
Humphreys 11,206 2-Sep-2006 Belzoni yes
Issaquena 2,274 2-Sep-2006 Mayersville
Itawamba 22,770 14-Aug-1993 Fulton yes
Jackson 131,420 3-Jul-1999 Pascagoula
Jasper 18,149 17-Aug-2007 Bay Springs
Paulding
Jefferson 9,740 14-Aug-2008 Fayette
Jefferson Davis 13,962 17-Aug-2007 Prentiss yes
Jones 64,958 14-Aug-2008 Ellisville
Laurel
yes
yes
Kemper 10,453 15-Aug-2008 DeKalb
Lafayette 38,744 2-Sep-2006 Oxford yes
Lamar 39,070 14-Aug-2008 Purvis
Lauderdale 78,161 15-Aug-2008 Meridian yes
Lawrence 13,258 17-Aug-2007 Monticello yes
Leake 20,940 17-Aug-1993 Carthage
Lee 75,755 14-Aug-1993 Tupelo yes
Leflore 37,947 2-Sep-2006 Greenwood yes
Lincoln 33,166 17-Aug-2007 Brookhaven yes
Lowndes 61,586 17-Aug-1993 Columbus yes
Madison 74,674 2-Sep-2006 Canton yes
Marion 25,595 4-Jul-1999 Columbia yes
Marshall 34,993 2-Sep-2006 Holly Springs yes
Monroe 38,014 15-Aug-2008 Aberdeen yes
Montgomery 12,189 2-Sep-2006 Winona yes
Neshoba 28,684 15-Aug-2008 Philadelphia yes
Newton 21,838 15-Aug-2008 Decatur
Noxubee 12,548 15-Aug-2008 Macon yes
Oktibbeha 42,902 17-Aug-1993 Starkville yes
Panola 34,274 15-Aug-2008 Batesville
Sardis
yes
 
Pearl River 48,621 4-Jul-1999 Poplarville yes
Perry 12,138 14-Aug-2008 New Augusta yes
Pike 38,940 14-Aug-2008 Magnolia
Pontotoc 26,726 14-Aug-1993 Pontotoc
Prentiss 25,556 4-Aug-2001 Booneville yes
Quitman 10,117 26-Aug-1998 Marks
Rankin 115,327 3-Sep-2006 Brandon
Scott 28,423 15-Aug-2008 Forest yes
Sharkey 6,580 2-Sep-2006 Rolling Fork yes
Simpson 27,639 14-Aug-2008 Mendenhall yes
Smith 16,182 14-Aug-2008 Raleigh
Stone 13,622 4-Jul-1999 Wiggins yes
Sunflower 34,369 2-Sep-2006 Indianola
Tallahatchie 14,903 2-Sep-2006 Charleston
Sumner
yes
 
Tate 25,370 15-Aug-2008 Senatobia yes
Tippah 20,826 4-Aug-2001 Ripley
Tishomingo 19,163 4-Aug-2001 Iuka
Tunica 9,227 26-Aug-1998 Tunica
Union 25,362 14-Aug-1993 New Albany yes
Walthall 15,156 4-Jul-1999 Tylertown yes
Warren 49,644 3-Sep-2006 Vicksburg yes
Washington 62,977 2-Sep-2006 Greenville yes
Wayne 21,216 15-Aug-2008 Waynesboro yes
Webster 10,294 17-Aug-1993 Walthall
Wilkinson 10,312 14-Aug-2008 Woodville
Winston 20,160 15-Aug-2008 Louisville
Yalobusha 13,051 15-Aug-2008 Coffeeville
Water Valley
 
yes
Yazoo 28,149 2-Sep-2006 Yazoo City

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