Hernando, Mississippi

Hernando population, 2020 to 2024

Hernando added 1,266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.3%. In the latest year it moved by +201. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Hernando is 1.5 times that size.

Hernando covers 25.59 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 725 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Hernando is close to the typical town.

What county Hernando is in

All of Hernando's residents live in DeSoto County, which had 195,871 residents in 2024. Hernando holds 9.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hernando

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hernando by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38632, 38651. 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 Hernando is

The Census internal point of Hernando is at 34.849600, -89.992400. Jackson, the capital, is 176.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Southaven, MS (57,493 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 18.0 miles away.

Daylight in Hernando

At 34.85° N, Hernando gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hernando

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Southaven, 7.1 miles away, with 57,493 people.