 | Welcome to |  |
| Date Admitted: | 1817 |
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| State Capital: | Jackson |
| Area: | 48,434 square miles |
| Admission to U.S.: | Twentieth State |
| Flag Adopted: | 1894 |
| State Motto: | "By Valor and Arms" |
| Nickname: | The Magnolia State |
| State Song: | "Go Mississippi" |
| State Flower: | Magnolia |
| State Tree: | Magnolia |
| State Bird: | Mockingbird and Wood Duck |
| State Mammal: | White-tailed deer |
| State Water Mammal: | Bottlenosed dolphin |
| State Insect: | Honeybee |
| State Shell: | Oyster |
| State Fish: | Largemouth bass |
| State Butterfly: | Spicebush swallowtail |
| State Fossil: | The prehistoric whale |
| State Stone: | Petrified wood |
| State Seal: |  |
