Mississippi · Census place 2814260

Cleveland, Mississippi

Cleveland is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi with an estimated 10,183 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,183
#41 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-8.6%
-963 people
Land area
7.6 sq mi
Density
1,343 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Cleveland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Cleveland population, 2020 to 2024

Cleveland lost 963 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.6%. In the latest year it moved by -172. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Cleveland is 80% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,203. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cleveland covers 7.58 square miles of land, for 1,343 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Cleveland is denser than the typical town.

What county Cleveland is in

All of Cleveland's residents live in Bolivar County, which had 28,395 residents in 2024. Cleveland holds 35.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cleveland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cleveland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38732, 38733. 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 Cleveland is

The Census internal point of Cleveland is at 33.744000, -90.728500. Jackson, the capital, is 104.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenville, MS (27,015 people), 31.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 103.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.744000, -90.728500
DMS
33°44'38.40"N 90°43'42.60"W
UTM
15N 710416.5E 3736089.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
865FP7VC+JJ

Daylight in Cleveland

At 33.74° N, Cleveland 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 Cleveland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Mound Bayou, 9.4 miles away, with 1,394 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cleveland, MS?

10,183 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 963 (8.6%) from 11,146 in July 2020.

What county is Cleveland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cleveland?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 38732, 38733.

How far is Cleveland from Jackson?

104.7 miles (168.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Cleveland.

What is the nearest larger city to Cleveland?

Greenville, MS, with 27,015 residents, 31.1 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.