Forest, Mississippi

Forest population, 2020 to 2024

Forest lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +59. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Forest is 42% of it.

Forest covers 13.08 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 410 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Forest is less dense than the typical town.

What county Forest is in

All of Forest's residents live in Scott County, which had 27,666 residents in 2024. Forest 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 Forest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39074. 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 Forest is

The Census internal point of Forest is at 32.359800, -89.475900. Jackson, the capital, is 41.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brandon, MS (25,870 people), 30.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 43.1 miles away.

Daylight in Forest

At 32.36° N, Forest gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Forest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Morton, 10.7 miles away, with 3,641 people.