MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI U.S POPULATION INDUSTRY NATURAL RESOURCES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION YEAR OF ADMISSION 1817 ORDER OF ADMISSION 20TH DATE OF CURRENT STATE CONSTITUTION 1890 CAPITAL JACKSON POPULATION 2731000 1997 LAND AREA 46914 SQ MI POPULATION DENSITY 57.5 PEOPLE PER SQ MI NICKNAME MAGNOLIA STATE MOTTO VIRTUTE ET ARMIS BY VALOR AND ARMS GOVERNMENT CONFIGURATION BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE HOUSES 2 NUMBER OF STATE SENATORS 52 NUMBER OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES 122 NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S CONGRESS 5 MAIN INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING GOVERNMENT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES FERTILE SOIL WATER PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS BENTONITE FULLER'S EARTH LOW GRADE BAUXITE
