Mississippi · Census place 2805100

Belmont, Mississippi

Belmont is a town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,817 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,817
#102 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-43 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
384 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Belmont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Belmont population, 2020 to 2024

Belmont lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,862. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Belmont covers 4.73 square miles of land, for 384 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Belmont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Belmont is in

All of Belmont's residents live in Tishomingo County, which had 18,553 residents in 2024. Belmont holds 9.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Belmont

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Belmont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38827, 38847. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Belmont is

The Census internal point of Belmont is at 34.505000, -88.208300. Jackson, the capital, is 190.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Red Bay, AL (3,171 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 88.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.505000, -88.208300
DMS
34°30'18.00"N 88°12'29.88"W
UTM
16N 389077.8E 3818814.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
866HGQ4R+2M

Daylight in Belmont

At 34.51° N, Belmont 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 Belmont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Fulton, 20.0 miles away, with 4,640 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Belmont, MS?

1,817 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (2.3%) from 1,860 in July 2020.

What county is Belmont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Belmont?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 38827, 38847.

How far is Belmont from Jackson?

190.3 miles (306.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Belmont.

What is the nearest larger city to Belmont?

Red Bay, AL, with 3,171 residents, 6.3 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.