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Mississippi is located on southern coast of the United States, with its state capitol in Jackson. Mississippi has 82 counties, and its most populous cities are Jackson, Gulfport, Biloxi, Hattiesburg, and Greenville. Among the 50 states, Mississippi ranks 32nd in size, covering 48,434 square miles. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, Mississippi is the 31st most populous state with 2,844,658 residents, and the Census Bureau projects that Mississippi's population will grow by 12 percent between 2000 and 2025, to 3.1 million. From 2000 to 2003, Desoto County saw the highest population growth, increasing its population by 16 percent. Desoto is part of the Memphis, TN, metropolitan area. The county with the next highest rate of growth was Rankin county, part of the Jackson metro area, increasing by 8.1 percent. During this timeframe, one-half of the counties in Mississippi experienced negative growth. Map of Mississippi Network Members (Updated January 15, 2008) |
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Libraries/Associations Information
Libraries
- Directory of Mississippi Libraries - This site from Mississippi Library Commission provides links to academic, public, school, and special libraries.
- Mississippi Library Commission - Offers a wide variety of direct and indirect services to libraries, government agencies and the citizens of Mississippi.
Resource Library
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rowland Medical Library
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216-4505
Phone: 601-984-1231
Fax: 601-984-1262Regional Medical Library: University of Maryland Baltimore, Health Sciences Human Services Library
There are many fine local libraries in the network that provide health information and other services. For help finding a participating library click here.
Library Associations/Consortia/Local Groups
- Mississippi Library Association - State chapter of the American Library Association
- Southern Chapter of the Medical Library Association - A professional organization made up of health science librarians from the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Library School
University of Southern Mississippi
School of Library and Information Science
118 College Drive #5146
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601-266-4228
Fax: 601-266-5774
Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery Resources
- Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Mississippi Department of Health- Emergency Preparedness & Response - Disaster Preparedness/Relief Information
- Mississippi Development Authority - Disaster Preparedness/Relief Information
- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency - ensures that Mississippi is prepared to respond to emergencies, recover from them, and mitigate against their impacts.
- Mississippi State University - A Guide to Resources
News Information Resources
- Mississippi Media On-line - The Mississippi State University Extension Service provides links to newspapers and magazines, radio stations, and television stations.
- Mississippi Newspapers – The U.S. Newspaper List provides links to Mississippi newspapers, radio stations, television stations, and magazines.
- Press Releases – News releases from the Mississippi governor's office.
Demographic and Statistical Resources
- Demographic Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Statistical Information Resources - Non State Specific Resources
- Mississippi Community Profiles - The Mississippi Development Authority provides demographic information ranging from population and labor force statistics to transportation and utilities. Most information is on the county level, but several comparisons are made between county and community.
- Mississippi State and County QuickFacts - This resource from the U.S. Census Bureau provides summary profiles for frequently requested data items from various Census Bureau programs. Profiles are available at the national, state, and county level.
- Mississippi State Documents Online - Demographics - A resource from the Mississippi Library Commission that provides links to U.S. Census Bureau data on county population estimates, U.S. state population projections, and Mississippi population projections.
- Faststats: Mississippi Facts - The National Center for Health Statistics provides brief vital statistics and links to data on alcohol abuse, women's health, health trends, mortality data, and other statistical information.
- FedStats - Mississippi - Provides access to statistics prepared by over 100 federal agencies. Statistics are available on a state and community level.
- Mississippi Health Statistics and Records - Prepared by the Mississippi Department of Health
- The Commonwealth Fund - Mississippi rankings and results compared to benchmarks, and to view the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance.
- Mississippi State and Local Government on the Net provides links to government information on a state and local level for the fifty states, as well as selected US-associated areas such as Guam.
Health Resources
- CHEC: Mississippi Health Resources - A comprehensive listing from the Rowland Medical Library's Consumer Health Education Center. This site provides links to directories, government resources, organizations, support/personal sites, and print resources.
- Healthcare in Mississippi - The state Web site provides links to fast facts as well as links to information on hospitals and other health facilities, social services, disabilities, mental health, and professional licensing in Mississippi.
- Mississippi Area Health Education Centers - The University of Mississippi Medical Center Department of Family Medicine provides an overview of the AHEC program, including program goals, regional coverage, and contact information.
- Mississippi Department of Health -
- State Documents Online: Health - The Mississippi Library Commission provides links to state health documents.
Mississippi Specific Population Health Resources
- Specific Population General Health Information Resources - Non State Specific Population Health Information Resources
- Mississippi Department of Health: Office of Health Disparity Elimination - The Office of Health Disparity performs research and education on unequal access to quality health care and strives to eliminate such disparities across the state. This site provides a link to the report, "Mississippi ’s Plan to Eliminate Racial & Ethnic Health Care Disparities."
- Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
The menu below will direct you to state specific resources for the listed populations. If there is no state specific resource listed on this page, you will be redirected to a general health resources page for the group you selected.
Mississippi Specific Population Groups Health Information Resources
African American
- Jackson Heart Study - The Jackson Heart Study is a single-site prospective epidemiologic investigation of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among African-Americans from the Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area.
- African American Health Resources
Native American
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians: Health Services - A resource on Choctaw government health services available to the state's resident Choctaw population.
- Native American Health Resources
SE/A Staff Contact
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach/Education Coordinator
Ms. Snow-Croft teaches, exhibits, and manages the educational programs offered by the SE/A Region. She also supports subcontracts and awards in AL, DC, MD, MS, PR, TN, and the USVI.
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