Mississippi · Census place 2804060

Bay Springs, Mississippi

Bay Springs is a city in Jasper County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,488 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,488
#121 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-10.4%
-173 people
Land area
14.9 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
100 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Bay Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Bay Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Bay Springs lost 173 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -10.4%. In the latest year it moved by -34.

1,66120201,55820211,53420221,52220231,4882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,664. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bay Springs covers 14.94 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 100 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Bay Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bay Springs is in

All of Bay Springs's residents live in Jasper County, which had 15,799 residents in 2024. Bay Springs holds 9.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bay Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bay Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39422. 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 Bay Springs is

The Census internal point of Bay Springs is at 31.978000, -89.279600. Jackson, the capital, is 57.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Laurel, MS (17,508 people), 21.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 59.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.978000, -89.279600
DMS
31°58'40.80"N 89°16'46.56"W
UTM
16N 284603.1E 3540267.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
863GXPHC+65

Daylight in Bay Springs

At 31.98° N, Bay Springs gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bay Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Taylorsville, 13.5 miles away, with 1,111 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bay Springs, MS?

1,488 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 173 (10.4%) from 1,661 in July 2020.

What county is Bay Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bay Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39422.

How far is Bay Springs from Jackson?

57.4 miles (92.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Bay Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Bay Springs?

Laurel, MS, with 17,508 residents, 21.3 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.