Mississippi · Census place 2802700
Baldwyn, Mississippi
Baldwyn is a city in 2 counties of Mississippi with an estimated 3,084 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,084
- #81 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +13 people
- Land area
- 11.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 266 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Baldwyn population, 2020 to 2024
Baldwyn added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +14.
Baldwyn covers 11.60 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 266 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Baldwyn is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Baldwyn spans
Baldwyn crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,084 residents as follows; Prentiss County holds 59.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Prentiss County1,837
- 02Lee County1,247
ZIP codes in Baldwyn
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Baldwyn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38824. 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 Baldwyn is
The Census internal point of Baldwyn is at 34.505500, -88.642800. Jackson, the capital, is 176.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saltillo, MS (4,968 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 86.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.505500, -88.642800
- DMS
- 34°30'19.80"N 88°38'34.08"W
- UTM
- 16N 349188.1E 3819432.1N
- Geohash
- dn0uqcs31
- Plus code
- 866HG944+6V
Daylight in Baldwyn
At 34.51° N, Baldwyn gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Baldwyn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Guntown, 4.4 miles away, with 2,606 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Baldwyn, MS?
3,084 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (0.4%) from 3,071 in July 2020.
What county is Baldwyn in?
It spans 2 counties: Prentiss County (1,837 residents), Lee County (1,247 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Baldwyn?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38824.
How far is Baldwyn from Jackson?
176.5 miles (284.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Baldwyn.
What is the nearest larger city to Baldwyn?
Saltillo, MS, with 4,968 residents, 9.2 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.