Mississippi · Census place 2810460

Caledonia, Mississippi

Caledonia is a town in Lowndes County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,117 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,117
#144 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-20 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
395 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Caledonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Caledonia population, 2020 to 2024

Caledonia lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

1,13720201,12820211,12120221,11720231,1172024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,138. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Caledonia covers 2.83 square miles of land, for 395 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Caledonia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Caledonia is in

All of Caledonia's residents live in Lowndes County, which had 57,210 residents in 2024. Caledonia holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Caledonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Caledonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39740. 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 Caledonia is

The Census internal point of Caledonia is at 33.683600, -88.326000. Jackson, the capital, is 144.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, MS (22,820 people), 13.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 55.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.683600, -88.326000
DMS
33°41'0.96"N 88°19'33.60"W
UTM
16N 377090.4E 3727864.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
865HMMMF+CH

Daylight in Caledonia

At 33.68° N, Caledonia gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Caledonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus, 13.0 miles away, with 22,820 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Caledonia, MS?

1,117 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.8%) from 1,137 in July 2020.

What county is Caledonia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Caledonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39740.

How far is Caledonia from Jackson?

144.1 miles (231.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Caledonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Caledonia?

Columbus, MS, with 22,820 residents, 13.0 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.