Mississippi · Census place 2839840
Leakesville, Mississippi
Leakesville is a town in Greene County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,743 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,743
- #73 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -1.1%
- -42 people
- Land area
- 6.3 sq mi
- Density
- 596 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Leakesville population, 2020 to 2024
Leakesville lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Leakesville covers 6.28 square miles of land, for 596 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Leakesville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Leakesville is in
All of Leakesville's residents live in Greene County, which had 13,675 residents in 2024. Leakesville holds 27.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Leakesville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leakesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39451. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Leakesville is
The Census internal point of Leakesville is at 31.149200, -88.555900. Jackson, the capital, is 124.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Citronelle, AL (3,928 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 42.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.149200, -88.555900
- DMS
- 31°08'57.12"N 88°33'21.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 351687.6E 3447179.0N
- Geohash
- dj910ye91
- Plus code
- 863H4CXV+MJ
Daylight in Leakesville
At 31.15° N, Leakesville gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Leakesville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Lucedale, 15.2 miles away, with 3,124 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Leakesville, MS?
3,743 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (1.1%) from 3,785 in July 2020.
What county is Leakesville in?
Greene County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Leakesville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39451.
How far is Leakesville from Jackson?
124.4 miles (200.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Leakesville.
What is the nearest larger city to Leakesville?
Citronelle, AL, with 3,928 residents, 18.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.