Mississippi · Census place 2803620

Batesville, Mississippi

Batesville is a city in Panola County, Mississippi with an estimated 7,356 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,356
#50 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-149 people
Land area
20.0 sq mi
Density
369 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Batesville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Batesville population, 2020 to 2024

Batesville lost 149 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Batesville is 58% of it.

7,50520207,42620217,32420227,34820237,3562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,515. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Batesville covers 19.95 square miles of land, for 369 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Batesville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Batesville is in

All of Batesville's residents live in Panola County, which had 32,764 residents in 2024. Batesville holds 22.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Batesville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Batesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38606. 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 Batesville is

The Census internal point of Batesville is at 34.321000, -89.924900. Jackson, the capital, is 140.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Senatobia, MS (8,428 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 54.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.321000, -89.924900
DMS
34°19'15.60"N 89°55'29.64"W
UTM
16N 230869.2E 3801624.0N
Geohash
dn051xywm
Plus code
866G83CG+C2

Daylight in Batesville

At 34.32° N, Batesville gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Batesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Sardis, 7.9 miles away, with 1,683 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Batesville, MS?

7,356 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 149 (2.0%) from 7,505 in July 2020.

What county is Batesville in?

Panola County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Batesville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38606.

How far is Batesville from Jackson?

140.5 miles (226.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Batesville.

What is the nearest larger city to Batesville?

Senatobia, MS, with 8,428 residents, 20.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.