Greenville, Mississippi

Greenville population, 2020 to 2024

Greenville lost 2,489 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.4%. In the latest year it moved by -563. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Greenville is 2.1 times that size.

Greenville covers 26.90 square miles of land and 0.77 of water, for 1,004 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Greenville is denser than the typical town.

What county Greenville is in

All of Greenville's residents live in Washington County, which had 41,181 residents in 2024. Greenville holds 65.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Greenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38701, 38703. 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 Greenville is

The Census internal point of Greenville is at 33.383500, -91.052300. Jackson, the capital, is 90.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pine Bluff, AR (38,785 people), 79.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 88.4 miles away.

Daylight in Greenville

At 33.38° N, Greenville gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Leland, 9.4 miles away, with 3,627 people.