Mississippi · Census place 2831220
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
Hazlehurst is a city in Copiah County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,445 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,445
- #77 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -4.4%
- -157 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 778 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Hazlehurst population, 2020 to 2024
Hazlehurst lost 157 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -42.
Hazlehurst covers 4.43 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 778 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Hazlehurst is close to the typical town.
What county Hazlehurst is in
All of Hazlehurst's residents live in Copiah County, which had 27,536 residents in 2024. Hazlehurst holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hazlehurst
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hazlehurst by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39083. 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 Hazlehurst is
The Census internal point of Hazlehurst is at 31.863900, -90.392800. Jackson, the capital, is 32.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crystal Springs, MS (4,668 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 32.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.863900, -90.392800
- DMS
- 31°51'50.04"N 90°23'34.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 746665.0E 3528314.1N
- Geohash
- 9vxtr09ux
- Plus code
- 863FVJ74+HV
Daylight in Hazlehurst
At 31.86° N, Hazlehurst gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hazlehurst
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Crystal Springs, 9.0 miles away, with 4,668 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hazlehurst, MS?
3,445 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 157 (4.4%) from 3,602 in July 2020.
What county is Hazlehurst in?
Copiah County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hazlehurst?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39083.
How far is Hazlehurst from Jackson?
32.4 miles (52.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Hazlehurst.
What is the nearest larger city to Hazlehurst?
Crystal Springs, MS, with 4,668 residents, 9.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.