POPULATION:
The 1990 Census showed the population of Mississippi to be 2,575,478.
At present, 47.1 percent of its people live in cities and towns, and 52.9 percent
in rural areas of the counties.
GEOGRAPHY:
Mississippi covers 47,716 square miles. The state is located
in the center of America's Mid-South between 30 and 34 degrees north latitude and 88 and
91 degrees west longitude in the northern hemisphere's temperate zone. It is bounded
on the north by Tennessee, the east by Alabama, the west by the Mississippi River and the
south by the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi measures 350 miles north-to-south and 180
miles east-to-west.
CLIMATE:
For most of our year, the climate is mild, becoming semi-tropical on the
Gulf Coast. The average temperature in January is 48 degrees. Summers are long,
making it possible to grow crops from March through October. The average temperature in
July is 81 degrees,
but more common daytime temperatures range in the 90s. The average
rainfall is 52 inches, and fall is the driest season. The Jackson National Weather Service
provides up-to-the-minute weather information for the State.
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