Mississippi · Census place 2824980
Florence, Mississippi
Florence is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi with an estimated 4,810 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,810
- #65 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- +4.9%
- +225 people
- Land area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Density
- 595 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Florence population, 2020 to 2024
Florence added 225 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +42.
Florence covers 8.09 square miles of land, for 595 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Florence is less dense than the typical town.
What county Florence is in
All of Florence's residents live in Rankin County, which had 160,573 residents in 2024. Florence holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Florence
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Florence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39073. 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 Florence is
The Census internal point of Florence is at 32.155600, -90.122500. Jackson, the capital, is 10.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richland, MS (7,607 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 12.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.155600, -90.122500
- DMS
- 32°09'20.16"N 90°07'21.00"W
- UTM
- 15N 771385.1E 3561311.8N
- Geohash
- 9vxyvjwzc
- Plus code
- 864F5V4H+62
Daylight in Florence
At 32.16° N, Florence gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Florence
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Richland, 5.6 miles away, with 7,607 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Florence, MS?
4,810 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 225 (4.9%) from 4,585 in July 2020.
What county is Florence in?
Rankin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Florence?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39073.
How far is Florence from Jackson?
10.6 miles (17.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Florence.
What is the nearest larger city to Florence?
Richland, MS, with 7,607 residents, 5.6 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.