It is because the mouth of Mississippi is in Louisiana.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
The Mississippi river
The United States through the Louisiana Purchase.
Texas and Louisiana
The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota. It is a boundary for Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. It is a boundary for Louisiana and then turns into Louisiana flowing through Louisiana to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River does not go to or by Texas, but it does go to Louisiana
The Mississippi River separates Louisiana and Mississippi.
Louisiana
Five states are on the west side of the Mississippi River. The west side of the Mississippi River borders Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas. The river flows through Minnesota and Louisiana.
louisiana
The Mississippi River begins in northern Minnesota.
The Mississippi river flows from Minnesota through Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexco.