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Mississip pi By Caley Turner, Steven Weeks, Erica Walker, and Dustin Davis

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MississippiBy Caley Turner, Steven Weeks, Erica Walker, and Dustin Davis

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Basic FactsCapital City: JacksonPopulation in 2005: 2,921,088Number of Counties: 82Percentage White: 61.4Percentage Black: 36.3Governor: Haley Barbour (R)Lieut. Governor: Phil Bryant (R)Senators: Thad Cochran (R) & Roger Wicker (R)Secy. Of State: Delbert Hosemann (R)Attorney General: Jim Hood (D)Median Household Income: ~32,000

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108232.html

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Partisan Makeup of Mississippi

In recent Presidential elections, the state has trended Republican (in 2004, there were 46 R counties vs. 18 D. counties)

Polls show that on a local level, however, citizens identify with Democratic ideals; In 2008, Democrats held an advantage, by only about 1%

Senate Seats: 27 D/25 R House Seats:74 D/48 R

2008 Election Results

Two Party Competitive

http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president

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Economics Pre Civil War:--5th wealthiest state in the nation--Cotton plantations--Slaves as property--Low population

Post Civil War:Drop in Wealth; $500 million (43% slave value) to $177 million in total assetsCollapse of Cotton (Lost value, Lost crops due to floods and drought, Labor migration)

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Economics Today

Gulf and River Casinos– Before Katrina Miss. had 2nd largest

Industry (just after Nevada)– Continuously expanding

Poorest state In the nation; reliant on Federal subsidies

Still somewhat reliant on cotton; Map shows cotton production in US and Mississippi

http://ks.water.usgs.gov/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.022-98.fig.1.gif

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Past Race Relations

-Mississippi has had one of the most notorious pasts concerning race

-In 1900 the population of Mississippi was 59%black was black however they were unable to make their voices heard politically

-The 1960 census stated that Mississippi had a population of 2,178,141 of which 915,743 African Americans even so there were no black representation at a local level

-The riot at Ole Miss in 1962 concerning the admittance of James Meredith, the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, the murder of NAACP chairman Medgar Evers all were shining examples of the poor race relations in Mississippi

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Demographics of Mississippi

Total Population according to 2000 Census White 62.37%Black 36.66%America Indian or Alaska Native 0.69% Asian 0.82% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.07% Hispanic 1.44%

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Race Today

-African Americans make up 36 percent of the population but constitute 75 percent of the prison population

-Blacks are still today among the poorest, according to the 2000 census per capita income of black Mississippians is 51 percent that of their white counterparts

- While things are better there is still work to be done concerning race relations

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Religion-Gallup Polls show that Mississippi is the most Religious State-As of 2009, 85% of Mississippians say Religion is an important part of their daily life

As of 2006, Mississippi has 57% church attendance

81% Protestant/ Other Christian, 6% Catholic, 0.7% Mormon, .1% Jewish, 5.8% atheist/agnostic/none

http://b27.cc.trincoll.edu/weblogs/AmericanReligionSurvey-ARIS/reports/ARIS_Report_2008.pdf

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Religious History

-Dominated by Protestants and Evangelicals by 20th century-During Great Revival, most Evangelical churches were biracial-By the 1930’s, Black Baptist churches had twice the membership of White Baptist churches-After WWII, many Christians called for an end to racial injustice

Sources: http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/index.php?id=96

http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060502/news_lz1n2thelist.html

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2175715/posts

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