Laurel, Mississippi

Laurel population, 2020 to 2024

Laurel lost 310 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -95. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 34th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Laurel is 1.4 times that size.

Laurel covers 18.45 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 949 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Laurel is denser than the typical town.

What county Laurel is in

All of Laurel's residents live in Jones County, which had 65,837 residents in 2024. Laurel holds 26.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laurel

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Laurel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39440, 39443. 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 Laurel is

The Census internal point of Laurel is at 31.691200, -89.148300. Jackson, the capital, is 73.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hattiesburg, MS (48,522 people), 28.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 75.9 miles away.

Daylight in Laurel

At 31.69° N, Laurel gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Laurel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellisville, 7.4 miles away, with 4,434 people.