Mississippi · Census place 2824500
Fayette, Mississippi
Fayette is a city in Jefferson County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,342
- #134 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -7.1%
- -102 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,137 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Fayette population, 2020 to 2024
Fayette lost 102 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -7.1%. In the latest year it moved by -21.
Fayette covers 1.18 square miles of land, for 1,137 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Fayette is denser than the typical town.
What county Fayette is in
All of Fayette's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 6,900 residents in 2024. Fayette holds 19.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayette
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fayette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39069. 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 Fayette is
The Census internal point of Fayette is at 31.712200, -91.062100. Jackson, the capital, is 65.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Natchez, MS (14,233 people), 22.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 64.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.712200, -91.062100
- DMS
- 31°42'43.92"N 91°03'43.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 683630.2E 3510168.7N
- Geohash
- 9vxhrv48g
- Plus code
- 863CPW6Q+V5
Daylight in Fayette
At 31.71° N, Fayette gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fayette
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Gibson, 17.5 miles away, with 1,166 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayette, MS?
1,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 102 (7.1%) from 1,444 in July 2020.
What county is Fayette in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayette?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39069.
How far is Fayette from Jackson?
65.5 miles (105.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Fayette.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayette?
Natchez, MS, with 14,233 residents, 22.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.