Mississippi - Facts and Figures.

Mississippi - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Jackson December 10, 1817 the 20th state State nickname Name for residents State motto The Magnolia State Mississippians Virtute et armis (By valor and arms) Abbreviation MS LAND Total area 125,433 sq km 48,430 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 32nd 121,507 sq km 46,914 sq mi Highest point Woodall Mountain 246 m/806 ft Forested land as a share of total area Federally owned land as a share of land area 61.9 percent (2002) 6.6 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 2,918,785 (2007 estimate) 31st 10.5 percent (1990-2000) 24 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 62 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population Largest cities (by population) Jackson 48.8 percent (2000) 177,977 (2005 estimate) Gulfport 72,464 (2005 estimate) Biloxi 50,209 (2005 estimate) Hattiesburg 47,176 (2005 estimate) Greenville 38,724 (2005 estimate) Ethnic groups Whites 61.4 percent (2000) Blacks 36.3 percent (2000) Asians 0.7 percent (2000) Native Americans Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.4 percent (2000) less than 0.1 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 1.2 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 1.4 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 73 years (1989-1991) 10 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 563 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 227 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) 20.8 percent (2006) 15.1 (2003) Government spending per student (K-12) $6,356 (2002-2003) Share of students attending private school 10.3 percent (1999) Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 77.9 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Haley Barbour (term ends January, 2008) Legislature Senate, 52 members House of Representatives, 122 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 4 Electoral votes 6 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing Industry Construction Manufacturing $84 billion (2006) $24,379 (2004) 2.8 percent (2004) 4 percent (2004) 16 percent (2004) Mining 1.4 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 6.4 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 13.9 percent (2004) G overnment 17.4 percent (2004) Information technology Retail trade 8.7 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.2 percent (2004) Other services 21.6 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,307,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 6.8 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 7.1 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind Share from hydroelectric 3.4 percent (2005 estimate) 0 percent (2004) Share from nuclear 22.4 percent (2005 estimate) Share from thermal 74.2 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people Share of households with Internet access Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 120 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) 38.9 percent (2003 estimate) 3.3 books per person (2002) 119,383 km (2005) 74,181 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,098 km (2005) 682 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 3,993 km (2004) 2,481 mi (2004) Airports 10 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.