Mississippi · Census place 2828220

Goodman, Mississippi

Goodman is a town in Holmes County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,228 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,228
#139 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-24 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,498 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Goodman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Goodman population, 2020 to 2024

Goodman lost 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,260. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Goodman covers 0.82 square miles of land, for 1,498 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Goodman is denser than the typical town.

What county Goodman is in

All of Goodman's residents live in Holmes County, which had 15,560 residents in 2024. Goodman holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Goodman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Goodman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39079. 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 Goodman is

The Census internal point of Goodman is at 32.968200, -89.912700. Jackson, the capital, is 48.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Durant, MS (1,973 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 48.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.968200, -89.912700
DMS
32°58'5.52"N 89°54'45.72"W
UTM
16N 227762.0E 3651529.1N
Geohash
djb59cxtd
Plus code
864GX39P+7W

Daylight in Goodman

At 32.97° N, Goodman gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Goodman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Durant, 8.5 miles away, with 1,973 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Goodman, MS?

1,228 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 24 (1.9%) from 1,252 in July 2020.

What county is Goodman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Goodman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39079.

How far is Goodman from Jackson?

48.9 miles (78.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Goodman.

What is the nearest larger city to Goodman?

Durant, MS, with 1,973 residents, 8.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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