Iuka, Mississippi

Iuka population, 2020 to 2024

Iuka lost 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

Iuka covers 9.69 square miles of land, for 317 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Iuka is less dense than the typical town.

What county Iuka is in

All of Iuka's residents live in Tishomingo County, which had 18,553 residents in 2024. Iuka holds 16.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iuka

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iuka by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38852. 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 Iuka is

The Census internal point of Iuka is at 34.807400, -88.196900. Jackson, the capital, is 207.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corinth, MS (14,219 people), 20.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Huntsville, AL, 86.6 miles away.

Daylight in Iuka

At 34.81° N, Iuka 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 Iuka

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 16.2 miles away, with 2,022 people.