Mississippi · Census place 2824940
Flora, Mississippi
Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,648
- #112 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -0.4%
- -7 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 499 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Flora population, 2020 to 2024
Flora lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.
Flora covers 3.30 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 499 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Flora is less dense than the typical town.
What county Flora is in
All of Flora's residents live in Madison County, which had 114,247 residents in 2024. Flora holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Flora
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Flora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39071. 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 Flora is
The Census internal point of Flora is at 32.542700, -90.313700. Jackson, the capital, is 18.4 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, MS (28,210 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 16.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.542700, -90.313700
- DMS
- 32°32'33.72"N 90°18'49.32"W
- UTM
- 15N 752268.7E 3603775.1N
- Geohash
- 9vzc0u5wf
- Plus code
- 864FGMVP+3G
Daylight in Flora
At 32.54° N, Flora gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Flora
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Madison, 11.7 miles away, with 28,210 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Flora, MS?
1,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.4%) from 1,655 in July 2020.
What county is Flora in?
Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Flora?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39071.
How far is Flora from Jackson?
18.4 miles (29.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Flora.
What is the nearest larger city to Flora?
Madison, MS, with 28,210 residents, 11.7 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.