Mississippi is a U.S. state that is located in the Southern United States. Its state capital and largest city is Jackson. The state's name is derived from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and the 31st most populous of the 50 United States. The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which was cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century. Today, its catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States. The state symbol is the magnolia grandiflora tree.
Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest.
Films and shows
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Oxford)
- King of the Elves (cancelled)
- Teacher's Pet: The Movie (mentioned)
Cities and locations
- Jackson (capital)
- Hattiesburg
- Oxford
- Laurel
- Ocean Springs
People born in Mississippi
- Laura Bailey
- Lance Bass
- Lacey Chabert
- Cat Cora
- M.C. Gainey
- Jim Henson
- Eddie Hodges
- James Earl Jones
- Joel McCrary
- Mark Moseley
- Brandy Norwood
- Elvis Presley
- Paul Rudish
- Britney Spears
- Oprah Winfrey
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