Mississippi · Census place 2833900

Houston, Mississippi

Houston is a city in Chickasaw County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,702 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,702; #74 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020: -2.4%; -90 people
Land area: 7.4 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 502 / sq mi; State median 738

Orange pin: Houston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

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Houston population, 2020 to 2024

Houston lost 90 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,800. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Houston covers 7.38 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 502 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Houston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Houston is in

All of Houston's residents live in Chickasaw County, which had 16,774 residents in 2024. Houston holds 22.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Houston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Houston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38851. 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 Houston is

The Census internal point of Houston is at 33.896200, -89.003500. Jackson, the capital, is 129.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pontotoc, MS (6,046 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 96.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.896200, -89.003500
DMS: 33°53'46.32"N 89°00'12.60"W
UTM: 16N 314742.0E 3752453.7N
Geohash: dn08ydtes
Plus code: 865GVXWW+FH

Daylight in Houston

At 33.90° N, Houston gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Houston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Vardaman, 10.0 miles away, with 1,068 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Houston, MS?

3,702 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 90 (2.4%) from 3,792 in July 2020.

What county is Houston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Houston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38851.

How far is Houston from Jackson?

129.8 miles (208.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Houston.

What is the nearest larger city to Houston?

Pontotoc, MS, with 6,046 residents, 24.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.