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Mississippi

state of the United States of America
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Summary

Mississippi is an U.S. state[1]. Mississippi draws 26,395 Wikipedia views per month (u s state category, ranking #34 of 49).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Tate Reeves[5]
  • Continent: North America[6]
  • Capital: Jackson[7]
  • Official language: English[8]
  • Shares border with: Louisiana[9], Arkansas[10], Tennessee[11], Alabama[12]
  • Anthem: Go, Mississippi[13]
  • Named after: Mississippi River[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Adams County[15], Alcorn County[16], Amite County[17], Attala County[18], Benton County[19], Bolivar County[20], Calhoun County[21], Carroll County[22], Chickasaw County[23], Choctaw County[24], Claiborne County[25], Clarke County[26], Clay County[27], Coahoma County[28]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Mississippi include USS Mississippi[29], a battleship[30] and Cadence Bank[31], a commercial bank[32], in United States[33], founded in 1876[34], headquartered in Tupelo[35].

Why It Matters

Mississippi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Mississippi is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Mississippi include USS Mississippi[29], a battleship[30] and Cadence Bank[31], a commercial bank[32], in United States[33], founded in 1876[34], headquartered in Tupelo[35].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coextensive with → Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez, Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez-Jackson
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coextensive with: Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez-Jackson"
  2. 15d ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coextensive with → Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez, Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez-Jackson
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'atj', 'ay', 'az', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coextensive with: Roman Catholic Diocese of Natchez"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 10881
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 10881, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482293|MISSISSIPPI (#167482293)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedi"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 37k1Cw
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mississippi
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mississippi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943365|mississippi (#289943365)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  6. 19w ago · Mxn · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'State of Mississippi'}
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mississippi'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Official name: State of Mississippi, Copying from Native label"
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