Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth population, 2020 to 2024

Corinth lost 390 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Corinth is 1.1 times that size.

Corinth covers 30.16 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 471 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Corinth is less dense than the typical town.

What county Corinth is in

All of Corinth's residents live in Alcorn County, which had 34,228 residents in 2024. Corinth holds 41.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Corinth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Corinth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38834. 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 Corinth is

The Census internal point of Corinth is at 34.948400, -88.513600. Jackson, the capital, is 206.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tupelo, MS (37,775 people), 48.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 83.1 miles away.

Daylight in Corinth

At 34.95° N, Corinth gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Corinth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 4.2 miles away, with 2,022 people.