- Jackson, Mississippi, along with Moscow, Helsinki, and Varna (Bulgaria), are the only four cities sanctioned to host the International Ballet Competition
- Edwards, Mississippi, is home to the world’s only cactus plantation
- Flexible Flyer sleds are manufactured in Mississippi, where it very rarely snows
- 60% of the farm-raised catfish served is the U.S. come from Mississippi
- The stetson, long a staple of western wear, was created in Mississippi
- Freedman from Mississippi returned to Africa in 1834 and founded the country now known as Liberia
