Mississippi · Census place 2814900

Coldwater, Mississippi

Coldwater is a town in Tate County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,326 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,326
#135 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-57 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
557 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Coldwater. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Coldwater population, 2020 to 2024

Coldwater lost 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,382. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coldwater covers 2.38 square miles of land, for 557 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Coldwater is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coldwater is in

All of Coldwater's residents live in Tate County, which had 28,551 residents in 2024. Coldwater holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coldwater

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coldwater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38618. 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 Coldwater is

The Census internal point of Coldwater is at 34.690400, -89.975500. Jackson, the capital, is 165.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Senatobia, MS (8,428 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 29.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.690400, -89.975500
DMS
34°41'25.44"N 89°58'31.80"W
UTM
16N 227418.5E 3842740.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
866GM2RF+5Q

Daylight in Coldwater

At 34.69° N, Coldwater gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coldwater

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Senatobia, 5.7 miles away, with 8,428 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coldwater, MS?

1,326 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 57 (4.1%) from 1,383 in July 2020.

What county is Coldwater in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Coldwater?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38618.

How far is Coldwater from Jackson?

165.7 miles (266.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Coldwater.

What is the nearest larger city to Coldwater?

Senatobia, MS, with 8,428 residents, 5.7 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.