Kosciusko, Mississippi

Kosciusko population, 2020 to 2024

Kosciusko lost 313 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -71. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 49th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Kosciusko is 54% of it.

Kosciusko covers 7.54 square miles of land, for 898 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Kosciusko is denser than the typical town.

What county Kosciusko is in

All of Kosciusko's residents live in Attala County, which had 17,222 residents in 2024. Kosciusko holds 39.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kosciusko

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kosciusko by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39090. 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 Kosciusko is

The Census internal point of Kosciusko is at 33.058200, -89.589400. Jackson, the capital, is 62.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Philadelphia, MS (6,938 people), 33.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 62.8 miles away.

Daylight in Kosciusko

At 33.06° N, Kosciusko gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kosciusko

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Durant, 15.6 miles away, with 1,973 people.