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Warren County, MS
Population
by Decades
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Date
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Population
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Population
Change
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Annual
%
Change
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1900
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40,912
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-
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-
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1910
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37,488
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-3,424
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-0.9
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1920
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33,362
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-4,126
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-1.2
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1930
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35,785
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2,423
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0.7
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1940
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39,595
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3,810
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1.0
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1950
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39,616
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21
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0.0
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1960
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42,206
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2,590
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0.6
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1970
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44,981
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2,775
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0.6
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1980
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51,627
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6,646
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1.4
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1990
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47,880
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-3,747
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-0.8
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2000
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49,644
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1,764
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0.4
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Census
Mississippi:
The Magnolia State
Capital
City: Jackson
Location:
32.32050 N, 090.20759 W
Bird:
Mockingbird
- Found in all sections of Mississippi, the cheerful Mockingbird was selected
as the official State Bird by the Women's Federated Clubs and by the State
Legislature in 1944.
Border
States: Alabama - Arkansas - Louisiana - Tennessee
Coat of
Arms:
The
committee to design a Coat of Arms was appointed by legislative action
February 7, 1894, and the design proposed by that committee was accepted and
became the official Coat of Arms. The committee recommended for the Coat of
Arms a "Shield in color blue, with an eagle upon it with extended
pinions, holding in the right talon a palm branch and a bundle of arrows in
the left talon, with the word "Mississippi" above the eagle; the
lettering on the shield and the eagle to be in gold; below the shield two
branches of the cotton stalk, saltierwise, as in submitted design, and a
scroll below extending upward and one each side three-fourths of the length
of the shield; upon the scroll, which is to be red, the motto be printed in
gold letters upon white spaces, as in design accompanying, the motto to be
--VIRTUTE et ARMIS."
Coastline:
53 mi.
Constitution:
20th State
Economy:
Agriculture:
Cotton, poultry, cattle, catfish, soybeans, dairy products, rice.
Industry:
Apparel, furniture, lumber and wood products, food processing, electrical
machinery, transportation equipment.
Flag:
The
committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February
7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become
the official flag. The committee recommended for the flag "one with
width two-thirds of its length; with the union square, in width two-thirds of
the width of the flag; the ground of the union to be red and a broad blue
saltier thereon, bordered with white and emblazoned with thirteen (13)
mullets or five-pointed stars, corresponding with the number of the original
States of the Union; the field to be divided into three bars of equal width,
the upper one blue, the center one white, and the lower one extending the
whole length of the flag, red--the national colors; the staff surmounted with
a spear-head and a battle-axe below; the flag to be fringed with gold, and
the staff gilded with gold."
(In 2000 a state referendum went
before voters to replace the Confederate
Battle flag saltire with a blue
canton with 20 stars. It was defeated
by a
large majority, making it the
only U. S. state flag still containing it).
Flower:
Magnolia
- An election was held in November 1900 to select a State Flower. Votes were
submitted by 23,278 school children. The magnolia received 12,745 votes; the
cotton blossom 4,171; and the cape jasmine 2,484. There were a few votes for
other flowers. The magnolia was officially designated as the State Flower by
the 1952 Legislature. In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by
which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination
and election by the school children of the State. Four nominations were
made--the magnolia, oak, pine and dogwood. The magnolia received by far the
largest majority. On April 1, 1938, the Mississippi Legislature officially
designated the magnolia as the State Tree.
Geology:
Land
Area; 47,234 sq.mi.; 32nd
Highest
Point: Woodall Mtn.; 806 feet
Inland
water: 938 sq.mi.
Largest
City: Jackson
Lowest
Point: Gulf Coast; sea level
Motto:
Virtute et armis - By valor and arms
Nickname:
Magnolia State
Origin
of state's name:
Possible
based on Chippewa Indian words "mici zibi," loosely meaning great
river
Population:
2,730,501; 31st - 7-97
Seal:
The
present State Seal has been in use since Mississippi became a state in 1817.
Song:
Go,
Mississippi
Words
and Music by Houston Davis
Verse:
States
may sing their songs of praise
With
waving flags and hip-hoo-rays,
Let
cymbals crash and let bells ring
'Cause
here's one song I'm proud to sing.
Choruses:
Go,
Mississippi, keep rolling along,
Go,
Mississippi, you cannot go wrong,
Go, Mississippi,
we're singing your song,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go,
Mississippi, you're on the right track,
Go,
Mississippi, and this is a fact,
Go,
Mississippi, you'll never look back,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go,
Mississippi, straight down the line,
Go,
Mississippi, ev'rything's fine,
Go,
MIssissippi, it's your state and mine,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go,
Mississippi, continue to roll,
Go,
Mississippi, the top is the goal,
Go,
Mississippi, you'll have and you'll hold,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Go, Mississippi,
get up and go,
Go,
Mississippi, let the world know,
That
our Mississippi is leading the show,
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Statehood:
December 10, 1817
Tree:
Magnolia
- An election was held in November 1900 to select a State Flower. Votes were submitted
by 23,278 school children. The magnolia received 12,745 votes; the cotton
blossom 4,171; and the cape jasmine 2,484. There were a few votes for other
flowers. The magnolia was officially designated as the State Flower by the
1952 Legislature. In 1935, the Director of Forestry started a movement by
which to select a State Tree for Mississippi, to be selected by nomination
and election by the school children of the State. Four nominations were
made--the magnolia, oak, pine and dogwood. The magnolia received by far the
largest majority. On April 1, 1938, the Mississippi Legislature officially
designated the magnolia as the State Tree.
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