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These articles pertain to the regions of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Pages in category "Regions of Mississippi" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Mississippi – U.S. state located in the Southern United States, named after the Mississippi River which flows along its western boundary. The capital is Jackson, which is also the state's largest city. The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, which had been cleared for cotton cultivation in the 19th century.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 17 micropolitan statistical areas in Mississippi. [1] As of 2023, the most populous statistical area in the state is Jackson-Vicksburg-Brookhaven, MS CSA , comprising the metro area of its capital and largest city, Jackson .
The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Cosby, A.G. et al. A Social and Economic Portrait of the Mississippi Delta (1992) online (Alternate, Archive) Currie, James T. Enclave: Vicksburg and Her Plantations, 1863-1870. 1980. Dollard, John.
U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.
Mississippi produces more than half of the country's farm-raised catfish, and is a top producer of sweet potatoes, cotton and pulpwood. Others include advanced manufacturing, utilities, transportation, and health services. [16] Mississippi is almost entirely within the east Gulf Coastal Plain, and generally consists of lowland plains and
In Mississippi, the Smackover Limestone covered over earlier evaporite deposits. A complex stratigraphic sequence formed during the Cretaceous , with the reef limestones, anhydrite and sandstones of the Rodessa Formation, Mooringsport Formation, Paluxy Formation, Gordo Formation and Coker Formation, overlain by the Eutaw Group, Austin Chalk ...
At statehood, the population of the coast comprised 2.5% of the state's total. Likewise, the Census lists only 586 of the state's 30,061 slaves as living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. [2] After statehood, the coastal regions remained a frontier, with cultural influences coming from the Mediterranean area.