Mississippi · Census place 2829460

Grenada, Mississippi

Grenada is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi with an estimated 12,138 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,138
#32 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-4.1%
-518 people
Land area
30.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
404 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Grenada. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Grenada population, 2020 to 2024

Grenada lost 518 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -136. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Grenada is 96% of it.

12.7k202012.5k202112.3k202212.3k202312.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,693. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grenada covers 30.01 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 404 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Grenada is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grenada is in

All of Grenada's residents live in Grenada County, which had 20,931 residents in 2024. Grenada holds 58.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grenada

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grenada by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38901. 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 Grenada is

The Census internal point of Grenada is at 33.781400, -89.811500. Jackson, the capital, is 104.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenwood, MS (13,627 people), 29.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 92.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.781400, -89.811500
DMS
33°46'53.04"N 89°48'41.40"W
UTM
16N 239660.7E 3741471.8N
Geohash
dn00hm9qb
Plus code
865GQ5JQ+H9

Daylight in Grenada

At 33.78° N, Grenada gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grenada

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Duck Hill, 11.7 miles away, with 1,308 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grenada, MS?

12,138 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 518 (4.1%) from 12,656 in July 2020.

What county is Grenada in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Grenada?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38901.

How far is Grenada from Jackson?

104.7 miles (168.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Grenada.

What is the nearest larger city to Grenada?

Greenwood, MS, with 13,627 residents, 29.0 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.