Diamondhead, Mississippi

Diamondhead population, 2020 to 2024

Diamondhead lost 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +136. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Diamondhead is 74% of it.

Diamondhead covers 10.11 square miles of land and 2.46 of water, for 929 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Diamondhead is denser than the typical town.

What county Diamondhead is in

All of Diamondhead's residents live in Hancock County, which had 46,492 residents in 2024. Diamondhead holds 20.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Diamondhead

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Diamondhead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39525. 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 Diamondhead is

The Census internal point of Diamondhead is at 30.382100, -89.350200. Jackson, the capital, is 141.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bay St. Louis, MS (10,526 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 41.6 miles away.

Daylight in Diamondhead

At 30.38° N, Diamondhead gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Diamondhead

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Bay St. Louis, 4.1 miles away, with 10,526 people.