REGIONAL CHRONICLE · LIVING HERITAGE

Mississippi

Explore this region’s place in the atlas and its connection to United States.

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AT A GLANCE

Mississippi in facts

  • TypeU.S. state
  • CapitalJackson
  • Population3 m2020 · 2,961,279
  • Area125,443 km²
Map: Natural Earth (public domain) · Open in the world map
All geographic & statistical details (17)
Density
24 people per km²
World region
Americas · Northern America
Share of United States’s area
1.3% of United States
Share of United States’s people
0.9% of United States
Regional anthem
Go, Mississippi
National anthem (United States)
"The Star-Spangled Banner" · Francis Scott Key/John Stafford Smith
Motto
“Virtute et armis”
Official languages
English (designated official language by Executive Order 14224, 2025), Spanish, Chamorro, Hawaiian
+ 2 moreShow lessSamoan, Carolinian
Currency
United States dollar
Calling code
+1
Drives on the
right
ISO 3166-2 code
US-MS
Official website
ms.gov (opens in a new tab)
Time zone
UTC-6
Location
33.0°N, 90.0°W
Distance from Washington, D.C.
1,340 km (straight line)
Neighbouring regions
4

Shares borders with 4 regions

Neighbours from Wikidata (land borders and some sea borders; only places with a page here).

Facts: Wikidata Q1494, retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest. Location, time zone and distances are worked out by The Landlore from Wikidata coordinates and the IANA time zone database.

FLAG & SYMBOLS

The flag and symbols of Mississippi

Flag
Flag of Mississippi

Image: Rocky Vaughn, Sue Anna Joe, Dominique Pugh, Clay Moss, Kara Giles, Micah Whitson and the M / Wikimedia Commons · Copyrighted free use

Coat of arms
Coat of arms or emblem of Mississippi

Image: Wikimedia Commons contributor / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Motto
“Virtute et armis”
National anthem

Go, Mississippi

Flag, coat of arms, motto and anthem: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above), retrieved 1 November 2026.

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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.

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