State of Mississippi
Capital city Jackson Biggest city Jackson Surface 125,443 km² Population 2,950,000 Length of highway network 1,406 km First highway 1960 Abbreviation MS Mississippi is a state in the United States. The state is located in the south of the country and has 2.9 million inhabitants (2021). The capital is Jackson. See list of cities in Mississippi. Geography I-20 at Morton, between Jackson and Meridian. Mississippi is located in the southern United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. It borders the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas. Stretched in the north-south direction, the state measures 530 kilometers from north to south and 300 kilometers from west to east. Mississippi's western border is largely formed by the Mississippi River. Also located here is the Mississippi Delta region, which should not be confused…