Greenwood, Mississippi

Greenwood population, 2020 to 2024

Greenwood lost 1,010 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.9%. In the latest year it moved by -156. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 56th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Greenwood is 1.1 times that size.

Greenwood covers 12.34 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 1,104 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Greenwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Greenwood is in

All of Greenwood's residents live in Leflore County, which had 26,157 residents in 2024. Greenwood holds 52.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38930. 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 Greenwood is

The Census internal point of Greenwood is at 33.512500, -90.199000. Jackson, the capital, is 83.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenville, MS (27,015 people), 50.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 82.7 miles away.

Daylight in Greenwood

At 33.51° N, Greenwood gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Itta Bena, 7.3 miles away, with 1,516 people.