MISSISSIPPI State Profile – Find Demographics, Taxes & More

NickName: The Magnolia State Possible based on Chippewa Indian words "mici zibi," loosely meaning great river Capital City: Jackson Location: 32.320N, 090.207W
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Brief overview

Mississippi is the least costly state in the United states to live. It has a warm climate, and taxes are relatively low. Even the students fared better in the scores at SAT exam. Pollution levels are lower than the national average. But on the flip side, it is ranked among the bottom states in the following areas:

Health: Mississippi is the 45th state that is preferable health wise.
Livable: MO is also the 45th state that is preferred in the list of livable states (rankings by Morgan Quinto Press).
Has just 46 colleges whereas the national average is 82.

For leisure and entertainment purposes, there are casinos to rival Las Vegas, world-acclaimed literary conferences, and a festival for nearly every day of the year are just a few of Mississippi's unexpected offerings.

15 Vital Statistics Affecting Your Relocation		MS	USA

1.	Belief: "Most People are Honest" (6-level agree/disagree)	3.52	4

2.	Belief: "Most People Can be Trusted"	0.17	0

3.	Attended Meetings in Town or School Affairs (percent)	0.13	0

4.	Overall State Ranking - New Economy Index	49th

5.	Cost of Living Index	58.09	100

6.	Average Apartment Rent	691.0000	617

7.	Average Home Price	223447.0000	223400

8.	Average Total Energy Cost	113.4400	126.75

9.	Average Phone Bill	29.4300	16.85

10.	Gasoline/Gallon	1.4100	1.5

11.	Hospital Room/Day	324.8000	334.33

12.	Doctor Visit	61.3000	66.7

13.	Average Auto Insurance Premium, 2000	784.37	792.91

14.	% of Days That are Sunny	59	56.88

15.	Crime Index	350.1	416


Contents

Mississippi Info For You	More Mississippi
Finances and Taxes	New Economy Index (1=Highest, 50=Lowest)
Crime	Pollution
Demographics	From the 2000 Census Reports
Education	Quality Of Life: Child Well - Being - 1998
Financial & Governmental Comparisons	Map Of Mississippi With Border States


Mississippi Info for you	(All Links open in a separate window)

Area	48434 sq.mi, 32nd Land 46914 sq. mi., 31st Water 1520 sq.mi., 25th Coastline 53 mi., 18th Shoreline 359 mi., 22nd

Area Code	228, 601, 662

County Profile	82 Counties

Admission to Statehood	December 10, 1817

Motto	Virtute et armis

Capital	Jackson

Largest Cities	Jackson Gulfport Biloxi Hattiesburg Greenville Meridian Tupelo Southaven Vicksburg Pascagoula

Capitol Tour	mdah.state.ms.us/new/visit/mississippi-state-capitol/

State Official Website	http://www.ms.gov/

Governor	Phil Bryant (R)

No. of State Legislators, 2003	174

Constitution	20th State

Senators and Representatives	US House US Senate Mississippi: House Members Mississippi: Senate Members

Current events	Mississippi News Headlines

Industry	Apparel, furniture, lumber and wood products, food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment.

Agriculture	Cotton, poultry, cattle, catfish, soybeans, dairy products, rice.

National Forest	Mississippi

State Parks	Mississippi

Tree	Southern Magnolia

Driving licenses	Driving licenses

License Plates	Mississippi

Veteran Affairs	Mississippi VA

Museums	Museums

Geographic Center	Leake, 9 miles westnorthwest of Carthage

Highest Point	Woodall Mtn.

Lowest Point	Gulf Coast; sea level, 3rd

Fatalities Caused by Tornadoes: 1950 to 2001	404

Department of Education	Department-Education

Courts	Judicial System

Highway Markers	Mississippi - Highway Markers

Road Side America	Mississippi - Road Side America

Average Temperatures	MS	USA

Winter	57.48	42.79

Spring	74.18	64.36

Summer	89.88	83.95

Fall	76.04	65.89

Precipitation(Rain Fall)	61.63	39.41

% of Days That are Sunny	109	103.29

More Mississippi
Titbits

Nickname including its origin	The Magnolia State ,Possible based on Chippewa Indian words "mici zibi," loosely meaning great river

Symbols	flower: flower or bloom of the magnolia or evergreen magnolia (1952) wildflower: coreopsis (1991) tree: magnolia (1938) bird: mockingbird (1944) song: “Go, Mississippi” (1962) stone: petrified wood (1976) fish: largemouth or black bass (1974) insect: honeybee (1980) shell: oyster shell (1974) water mammal: bottlenosed dolphin or porpoise (1974) fossil: prehistoric whale (1981) land mammal: white-tailed deer (1974), red fox (1997) waterfowl: wood duck (1974) beverage: milk (1984) butterfly: spicebush swallowtail (1991) dance: square dance (1995)

Song	Go Mis-sis-sip-piClick Here for Song


Demographics	MS	USA

Median Age 2000	34.21	37.8

% Change in Population 2000 to 2001	0.4	1

Poverty Rate, 2000	16.8	11.14

% Public Aid Recipients 2000	5.8	3.79

% Births to Unmarried Women in 2000	46.3	32.92


Health	MS	USA

Health Care Cost Relative to U.S. average, 2002	0.9	0.99

Infant Mortality /1000 Live Births, 1998	10.7	7.14

Nonfederal Physicians, 1999	185	266.54

Death Rate by Accident, 1998	1653	1988.92

Estimated Rate of New Cancer Cases, 2001	518.8	479.19

Obesity - % of Indiv. 30lbs over Weight or Greater (2001)	25.9	20.46

Finances and Taxes	MS	USA

Purchase Price of a building	117725.75	175806.29

Car Insurance	1853.54	1698.53

Corporate Income Tax %	5	6.64

Top Personal Income Tax	5	5.2

Sales Tax & Use Tax	7	4.66

Professional Services Tax	N

Top Capital Gains Tax	0	4.75

Motor Fuel Tax, 02	0.188	0.23

Real Estate: % of income per $100

On Land & Buildings	2.45	N/A

On Inventory	Y

On Personal Property	Y

State Tax Rate	7.1	7.13

Local Tax Rate	7.3	7.13

Unemployment Insurance Tax/ Per Employee	2.7	2.36

Internet Access Tax	N

New Economy Index (1=Highest, 50=Lowest)	MS

Overall State Ranking	49th

Knowledge Jobs	44th

Globalization	49th

Economic Dynamism	23rd

Digital Economy	50th

Innovation Capacity	50th

High Tech Jobs	47th

Venture Capital	43rd

Internet Access-1998 (%)	49.9

R & D Expenditures-1998 (Millions)	366.0000

Number of New Patents (1998)	226

Crime	MS	USA

Index Offences Total	1614.13	3326.73

Violent Crime Total	119.91	385.32

Murders	3.57	3.95

Forcible Rape	15.41	28.03

Assault	59.77	261.06

Property Crimes	1494.23	2941.4

Burglary	406.49	678.55

Larceny, Theft	957.61	1942.89

Motor Vehicle Thefts	130.12	320.72

Index Offences Rate	4134.81	2735.58

Murders Rate	7.67	3.02

Forcible Rape Rate	37.62	25.16

Robbery Rate	94.07	52.25

Aggravated Assault Rate	165.53	195.86

Property Crime Rate	3829.93	2459.29

Burglary Rate	988.19	585.46

Larceny, Thefts Rate	2575.05	1660.47

Motor Vehicle Thefts Rate	266.67	213.85

Pollution	MS	USA

Ozone in air (more Ozone = more Pollution)	80.86	82.19

Pollution Released, 1999 (Pounds)	64402242	45901994.34

Toxic Waste Received in State, 1999(Pounds)	15730529	31524509.36

From the 2000 Census Reports	MS	USA

Population	1459711	203400320

Average Family Size in 2000	3.14	3.1

% of Eligible Voters Reported Registered, 2000	0.849	0.81

Median age	34.21	37.8

Males per 100 Females	84.76	94.67

Percentage Unemployed	9.21	5.97

Use Public Transport	0.83	1.12

Travel Time	25.15	24.55

Median Value of a House	56024.21	92201.9

Monthly Owner Cost with Mortgage	624.94	845.87

Monthly Owner Cost without Mortgage	227.47	283.44

Contract Monthly Rent	271.17	390.93

Gross Rent	351.05	463.96

% of Household Total	70.17	69.46

% of Families Household Total	44.99	54.65

Avg Population per Household	2.61	2.55

Avg Population per Family	3.16	3.06

% of Non Families Household Total	29.83	30.54

Monthly Income-Household	27174.48	38521.16

Monthly Income Family	33200.93	45249.75

Per Capita Income	13999.05	18724.65

Earning per Male	28388.5	33331.99

Earning per Female	19993	23722.78

% Families Below Poverty Line	21.35	9.88

People speaking Less than fluent English	1.65	3.53

Persons Holding High School Certificate or More	67.94	78.68

Bachelor Degree Holders	14.47	17.11

Density	735.61	1175.8

% of one Race	4842.38	8737.95

% of Black & Others	2110.17	1231.39

% of American Indians	14.15	70.5

% of Asians	45.86	393.43

% of Hawaii	1.44	13.87

% of Others	28.75	600.04

% of Two or more Races	39.6	245.37

% of Hispanic or Latino	79.92	1345.63

Education	MS	USA

Verbal SAT Score, 2000	562	532.6

Math SAT Score, 2000	549	536.06

Public Elementary/Secondary Expenditures per pupil, 1999 (thousands)	4658	6623.8

% of Students Taking Exam, 2000	4	35.76

% of Population Over 25 with HS Diploma, 2000	74.6	83.32

% of Population Over 25 With Bachelor's Degree, 2000	18.9	24.62

Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in 2000	15	15.52

Average Teacher Salary, 1999	32800	41505.06

Books in Public Library Per Capita, 1997	2	3.12

College Degree - Graduating Institutions, 1997	46	82.12

Quality of Life: Child Well - Being - 1998	MS	USA

% Low Birth-Weight Babies	10.1	7.51

Infant Mortality Rates (deaths per 1,000 live births)	10.7	7.14

Child Death Rates (deaths per 100,000 children ages 1-14)	42	24.84

Rate of Teen Deaths Rate by Accident, Homicide, and Suicide (deaths per 100,000 teens ages 15-19)	75	58.2

Teen Birth Rate (births per 1,000 females ages 15-17)	47	28.1

% of Teens Who Are High School Dropouts (ages 16-19)	10	9.16

% of Teens Not Attending School and Not Working (ages 16-19)	12	8.16

% of Children Living With Parents Who Do Not Have Full-Time, Year- Round Employment	28	24.02

% of Children in Poverty (date reflect poverty in pervious year)	0.3	17.29

% of Families with Children Headed by Single Parent	0.3	24.92

Financial & Government Comparison	MS	USA

State Government Tax Revenue, 2000	4749481000.0000	11195307960

Per Capita State Government Tax Revenue, 2000	1661.0000	1949.8

State Government Debt Outstanding, 1999	3222129000.0000	10937316480

Per Capita State Government Debt Outstanding, 1999	1131.0000	2259.96

Gross State Product, 1998 (Millions)	62216.0000	173820.7

State Government Bond Rating (S&P, 1999)	AA

Cost of Living Index , Selected Metro, Second Quarter, 2000	0.939	1.06

Number of Bureaucrats per 100 Population, 2002	6.75	5.64

Mississippi Neighborhood
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Song: Go Mis-sis-sip-pi

Words and Music by Houston Davis

Verse:

States may sing their songs of praise
With waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let cymbals crash and let bells ring
Cause here&apos one song I&apom proud to sing.

Choruses:

Go, Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go, Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi, we&apore singing your song,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, you&apore on the right track,
Go, Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go, Mississippi, you&apoll never look back,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go, Mississippi, ev&aporything&apos fine,
Go, MIssissippi, it&apos your state and mine,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go, Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go, Mississippi, you&apoll have and you&apoll hold,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I

Go, Mississippi, get up and go,
Go, Mississippi, let the world know,
That our Mississippi is leading the show,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I