Mississippi · Census place 2800180
Aberdeen, Mississippi
Aberdeen is a city in Monroe County, Mississippi with an estimated 4,833 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,833
- #64 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -127 people
- Land area
- 12.1 sq mi
- + 0.28 sq mi water
- Density
- 400 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Aberdeen population, 2020 to 2024
Aberdeen lost 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -36.
Aberdeen covers 12.09 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 400 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Aberdeen is less dense than the typical town.
What county Aberdeen is in
All of Aberdeen's residents live in Monroe County, which had 33,483 residents in 2024. Aberdeen holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Aberdeen
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Aberdeen by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39730. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Aberdeen is
The Census internal point of Aberdeen is at 33.828300, -88.554700. Jackson, the capital, is 141.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amory, MS (6,412 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 72.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.828300, -88.554700
- DMS
- 33°49'41.88"N 88°33'16.92"W
- UTM
- 16N 356131.8E 3744205.3N
- Geohash
- dn102yk2j
- Plus code
- 865HRCHW+84
Daylight in Aberdeen
At 33.83° N, Aberdeen gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Aberdeen
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Amory, 11.4 miles away, with 6,412 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Aberdeen, MS?
4,833 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 127 (2.6%) from 4,960 in July 2020.
What county is Aberdeen in?
Monroe County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Aberdeen?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39730.
How far is Aberdeen from Jackson?
141.7 miles (228.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Aberdeen.
What is the nearest larger city to Aberdeen?
Amory, MS, with 6,412 residents, 11.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.