Mississippi is located in the south of the United States of America. The capital of the state is Jackson, which is also becoming the most populated city. It is considered part of the Deep South. It takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi is situated by the state of Tennessee on the north, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas ...more

Mississippi is located in the south of the United States of America. The capital of the state is Jackson, which is also becoming the most populated city. It is considered part of the Deep South. It takes its name from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi is situated by the state of Tennessee on the north, on the east by Alabama, on the south by Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and on the west by Louisiana and Arkansas
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The state has a warm and humid subtropical climate with long summers and short, calm winters. Typical temperatures are about 82°F (about 28°C) in July and about 48 °F (about 9 °C) in January. In the winter, the region near the Mississippi Sound is much warmer than the rest of the state and it varies little in the summer. In the late summer and the fall, the state (especially the southern part) is often affected by hurricanes moving north from the Gulf of Mexico, and occasionally is also impacted by major hurricanes.

In 2005, Mississippi had an approximate population of 2,921,088, a raise of 20,320, or 0.7%, from the previous year and an enlargement of 76,432, or 2.7%, since the year 2000. According to recent statistics, Mississippi also leads the country in the expansion of immigrants. Over 98% of the white population of Mississippi is native-born, predominantly of Northern European descent. Blacks made up a majority of Mississippians until 1940. Due to the Great Migration the state's black population declined, but it still remains the highest in the nation by percentage (not counting the District of Columbia). It has begun to rise again, due to a higher birth-rate in the state. In many of Mississippi's public school districts, a majority of the students are black.

Regarding history, on April 7, 1798 the Mississippi Territory was organized, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it also extended twice to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain. Territory was purchased from Native American tribes from 1800 to about 1830. On December 10, 1817 Mississippi was admitted to the Union becoming the 20th state. Later on, Mississippi played an important role in the American Civil Rights Movement. Because of the actions and attitudes of many white politicians, the participation of many Mississippians in the White Citizens' Council movement, and the violent tactics of the Ku Klux Klan and its sympathizers, Mississippi gained the character of a reactionary state in the 1960s.

The cost of living in Mississippi is one of the lowest in the country. In comparison to one of the lowest per capita income rates in the United States, Mississippians constantly rank as one of the highest per capita in charity. In 1990, casinos were legalized, and gambling increased along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. This led economic gains for the state. However, an estimated $500,000 per day in tax revenue was lost following Hurricane Katrina's brutal damages to coastal casinos in August 2005.

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