Mississippi · Census place 2821340

Ecru, Mississippi

Ecru is a town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,109 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 146th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,109; #146 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020: +3.0%; +32 people
Land area: 6.7 sq mi
Density: 167 / sq mi; State median 738

Orange pin: Ecru. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

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Ecru population, 2020 to 2024

Ecru added 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,071. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ecru covers 6.66 square miles of land, for 167 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Ecru is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ecru is in

All of Ecru's residents live in Pontotoc County, which had 32,014 residents in 2024. Ecru holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ecru

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ecru by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38841. 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 Ecru is

The Census internal point of Ecru is at 34.348000, -89.025600. Jackson, the capital, is 156.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pontotoc, MS (6,046 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 75.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.348000, -89.025600
DMS: 34°20'52.80"N 89°01'32.16"W
UTM: 16N 313692.3E 3802601.2N
Geohash: dn0eqhve9
Plus code: 866G8XXF+6Q

Daylight in Ecru

At 34.35° N, Ecru gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ecru

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Pontotoc, 6.8 miles away, with 6,046 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ecru, MS?

1,109 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 32 (3.0%) from 1,077 in July 2020.

What county is Ecru in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ecru?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38841.

How far is Ecru from Jackson?

156.6 miles (252.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ecru.

What is the nearest larger city to Ecru?

Pontotoc, MS, with 6,046 residents, 6.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.