Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, down from 173,514 at the 2010 census. Jacksons population declined more between 2010 and 2020 (11.42%) than any major city in the United States. Jackson is the anchor for the Jackson metropolitan statistical area, the largest metropolitan area completely within the state. With a 2020 population estimated around 600,000, metropolitan Jackson is home to over one-fifth of Mississippis population. The city sits on the Pearl River and is located in the greater Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi.
Founded in 1821 as the site for a new state capital, the city is named after General Andrew Jackson, who was honored for his role in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later served as U.S. president. Following the nearby Battle of Vicksburg in 1863 during the American Civil War, Union forces under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman began the siege of Jackson and the city was subsequently burned.During the 1920s, Jackson surpassed Meridian to become the most populous city in the state following a speculative natural gas boom in the region. The current slogan for the city is The City with Soul. It has had numerous musicians prominent in blues, gospel, folk, and jazz. The city is located in the deep south halfway between Memphis and New Orleans on Interstate 55 and Dallas and Atlanta on Interstate 20. Being at this location has given the city the nickname the crossroads of the south.
The city has a number of museums and cultural institutions, including the Mississippi Childrens Museum, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, Mississippi Museum of Art, Old Capital Museum, Museum of Mississippi History. Other notable locations are the Mississippi Coliseum and the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, home of the Jackson State Tigers Football Team.
The Jackson metropolitan statistical area is the states second largest metropolitan area overall, due to four counties in northern Mississippi being part of the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area. In 2020, the Jackson metropolitan area held a GDP of 30 billion dollars, accounting for 29% of the states total GDP of 104.1 billion dollars.
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To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to createit. Burrill. To raise a blockade (Mil.), to remove or break up ablockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed inenforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.-- To raise a check, note, bill of exchange, etc., to increasefraudulently its nominal value by changing the writing, figures, orprinting in which the sum payable is specified.-- To raise a siege, to relinquish an attempt to take a place bybesieging it, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished.-- To raise steam, to produce steam of a required pressure.-- To raise the wind, to procure ready money by some temporaryexpedient. [Colloq.] -- To raise Cain, or To raise the devil, tocause a great disturbance; to make great trouble. [Slang]
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Increament or Addition to the Income or Salary
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parent or parents (someone who has raised you since childhood)
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To steal, shoplift or mug.
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Film-noir/Hardboiled Novel slang for get
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to smoke mary jane and/or get high.
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To add on top of a previous bet in poker; Often to get the most out of your hand, scare other players, or straight out bluff.
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the prize after sleeping with your boss.
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A Graff writer. He's gettin' up.
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An amish rave. Teens and often adults as well will go out during the middle of the night and put up a farm.
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When a persons pay/[salary] is increased due to job [performance] or company [loyalty].
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Lift or move to a higher position or level.
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