Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Hattiesburg population, 2020 to 2024

Hattiesburg lost 230 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -79. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Hattiesburg is 3.8 times that size.

Hattiesburg covers 53.44 square miles of land and 1.04 of water, for 908 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Hattiesburg is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Hattiesburg spans

Hattiesburg crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 48,522 residents as follows; Forrest County holds 86.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hattiesburg

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hattiesburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39401, 39402, 39406. 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 Hattiesburg is

The Census internal point of Hattiesburg is at 31.307300, -89.317400. Jackson, the capital, is 85.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gulfport, MS (74,621 people), 63.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 84.1 miles away.

Daylight in Hattiesburg

At 31.31° N, Hattiesburg gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hattiesburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Petal, 5.6 miles away, with 11,538 people.