Mississippi · Census place 2835260

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,516 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,516
#119 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-9.2%
-153 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,075 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Itta Bena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Itta Bena population, 2020 to 2024

Itta Bena lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -9.2%. In the latest year it moved by -32.

1,66920201,62120211,57220221,54820231,5162024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,678. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Itta Bena covers 1.41 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,075 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Itta Bena is denser than the typical town.

What county Itta Bena is in

All of Itta Bena's residents live in Leflore County, which had 26,157 residents in 2024. Itta Bena holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Itta Bena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Itta Bena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38941. 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 Itta Bena is

The Census internal point of Itta Bena is at 33.500900, -90.324300. Jackson, the capital, is 83.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenwood, MS (13,627 people), 7.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 82.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.500900, -90.324300
DMS
33°30'3.24"N 90°19'27.48"W
UTM
15N 748566.4E 3710023.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
865FGM2G+97

Daylight in Itta Bena

At 33.50° N, Itta Bena gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Itta Bena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenwood, 7.3 miles away, with 13,627 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Itta Bena, MS?

1,516 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (9.2%) from 1,669 in July 2020.

What county is Itta Bena in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Itta Bena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38941.

How far is Itta Bena from Jackson?

83.4 miles (134.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Itta Bena.

What is the nearest larger city to Itta Bena?

Greenwood, MS, with 13,627 residents, 7.3 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.