Mississippi to Arkansas

Distance from Jackson to Little Rock

Straight-line distance

207.3mi

Jackson, MS and Little Rock, AR are 207.3 miles (333.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Jackson, the shortest path starts out heading NW (324°).

kilometers
333.7
nautical miles
180.2
heading from Jackson
324° NW
heading from Little Rock
143° SE
JacksonLittle Rock

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Jackson is from Little Rock

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Jackson and Little Rock is 207.3 miles, 333.7 km or 180.2 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 207.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
207.3
Kilometers
333.7
Nautical miles
180.2
Bearing from Jackson
324.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Little Rock
322.8°
Bearing from Little Rock
142.8° SE

Halfway between Jackson and Little Rock

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.525224, -91.270752 (33°31'30.81"N 91°16'14.71"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Dermott, AR, with 2,453 residents, 9.3 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Jackson gets 14 h 16 min of daylight and Little Rock 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 10 h 02 min and 9 h 50 min. Little Rock is 2.41° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Little Rock has 1.4 times the population of Jackson. From July 2020 to July 2024, Jackson changed by -7.6% and Little Rock by +1.1%. The trip crosses from Mississippi into Arkansas.

  1. 01Jackson, MS141,449 (-7.6%)
  2. 02Little Rock, AR204,774 (+1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Jackson from Little Rock?

207.3 miles, 333.7 km or 180.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Little Rock from Jackson?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Jackson on a bearing of 324.0° and arrives at Little Rock on 322.8°. The return trip starts on 142.8°.

What is halfway between Jackson and Little Rock?

The midpoint is at 33.525224, -91.270752. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Dermott, AR, 9.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Jackson and Little Rock?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Jackson or Little Rock?

Little Rock, with 204,774 residents in July 2024 against 141,449 for Jackson, 1.4 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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