Mississippi · Census place 2840280
Leland, Mississippi
Leland is a city in Washington County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,627 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,627
- #76 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -8.5%
- -337 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,013 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Leland population, 2020 to 2024
Leland lost 337 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.5%. In the latest year it moved by -68.
Leland covers 3.58 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,013 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Leland is denser than the typical town.
What county Leland is in
All of Leland's residents live in Washington County, which had 41,181 residents in 2024. Leland holds 8.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Leland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38756. 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 Leland is
The Census internal point of Leland is at 33.404800, -90.890900. Jackson, the capital, is 86.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenville, MS (27,015 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 84.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.404800, -90.890900
- DMS
- 33°24'17.28"N 90°53'27.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 696136.3E 3698152.6N
- Geohash
- 9vzq59pm0
- Plus code
- 865FC435+WJ
Daylight in Leland
At 33.40° N, Leland gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Leland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenville, 9.4 miles away, with 27,015 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Leland, MS?
3,627 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 337 (8.5%) from 3,964 in July 2020.
What county is Leland in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Leland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38756.
How far is Leland from Jackson?
86.7 miles (139.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Leland.
What is the nearest larger city to Leland?
Greenville, MS, with 27,015 residents, 9.4 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.