STATE DATA

Abbreviation: MS

Nickname: The Magnolia State

Capital: Jackson

Official Language: English

State Motto: virtute et armis = by valor and arms

Admitted to Union: December 10^th 1817 as the 20^th state

Population: about 2.988,000

German-Americans: more than 172.000 - about 5%

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REGIONAL-PARTNER

Regional German-American institutions

- GermaniaClub(!!!), D’Iberville

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German fests/events

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German Restaurants

- Mary’s German Restaurant, South Haven

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Stores specialized on German goods

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Towns with German Background

- Hamburg

- Sontag

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Additional information

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Literature about Germans here

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Additional state Symbols

State bird: Northern mockingbird

State flower: Magnolia

State tree: Southern magnolia

State reptile: American alligator (lat.: alligator mississipinensis)

State fish: Largemouth bass

State land mammal: White-tailed deer

State marine mammal: Bottlenose dolphin

State insect: western honey bee