Mississippi · Census place 2820020

Drew, Mississippi

Drew is a city in Sunflower County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,678 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,678
#111 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-8.5%
-156 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,498 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Drew. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Drew population, 2020 to 2024

Drew lost 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.5%. In the latest year it moved by -36.

1,83420201,78720211,75020221,71420231,6782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,846. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Drew covers 1.12 square miles of land, for 1,498 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Drew is denser than the typical town.

What county Drew is in

All of Drew's residents live in Sunflower County, which had 23,029 residents in 2024. Drew holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Drew

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Drew by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38737. 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 Drew is

The Census internal point of Drew is at 33.810100, -90.530400. Jackson, the capital, is 106.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ruleville, MS (2,279 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 95.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.810100, -90.530400
DMS
33°48'36.36"N 90°31'49.44"W
UTM
15N 728595.6E 3743842.9N
Geohash
9yp87fvy0
Plus code
865FRF69+2R

Daylight in Drew

At 33.81° N, Drew gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Drew

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Ruleville, 6.0 miles away, with 2,279 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Drew, MS?

1,678 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 156 (8.5%) from 1,834 in July 2020.

What county is Drew in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Drew?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38737.

How far is Drew from Jackson?

106.3 miles (171.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Drew.

What is the nearest larger city to Drew?

Ruleville, MS, with 2,279 residents, 6.0 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.