Mississippi · Census place 2840600
Lexington, Mississippi
Lexington is a city in Holmes County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,407
- #128 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -11.5%
- -182 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 581 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Lexington population, 2020 to 2024
Lexington lost 182 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -11.5%. In the latest year it moved by -42.
Lexington covers 2.42 square miles of land, for 581 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Lexington is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lexington is in
All of Lexington's residents live in Holmes County, which had 15,560 residents in 2024. Lexington holds 9.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lexington
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lexington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39095. 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 Lexington is
The Census internal point of Lexington is at 33.117100, -90.049600. Jackson, the capital, is 57.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tchula, MS (1,648 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 56.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.117100, -90.049600
- DMS
- 33°07'1.56"N 90°02'58.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 775298.8E 3668143.5N
- Geohash
- 9vzuqugch
- Plus code
- 865F4X82+R5
Daylight in Lexington
At 33.12° N, Lexington gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lexington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Tchula, 11.0 miles away, with 1,648 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lexington, MS?
1,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 182 (11.5%) from 1,589 in July 2020.
What county is Lexington in?
Holmes County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lexington?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39095.
How far is Lexington from Jackson?
57.1 miles (91.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Lexington.
What is the nearest larger city to Lexington?
Tchula, MS, with 1,648 residents, 11.0 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.