Mississippi

        The capital of Mississippi is Jackson. The state flower is the magnolia. Mississippi's state bird is the mockingbird. The state tree is the magnolia. The nickname of Mississippi is the "Magnolia State". Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817.   It was the 20th state. The land area of Mississippi is 47,296 square miles (122,497 square kilometers). The total area of Mississippi is 47,716 square miles (123,584 square kilometers). The 1990 population of Mississippi was 2,573,216.