Mississippi · Census place 2842280

Louisville, Mississippi

Louisville is a city in Winston County, Mississippi with an estimated 5,899 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 59th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,899
#59 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-163 people
Land area
15.1 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
391 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Louisville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Louisville population, 2020 to 2024

Louisville lost 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -42. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Louisville is 47% of it.

6,06220206,00920215,97020225,94120235,8992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,074. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Louisville covers 15.10 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 391 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Louisville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Louisville is in

All of Louisville's residents live in Winston County, which had 17,418 residents in 2024. Louisville holds 33.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Louisville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Louisville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39339. 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 Louisville is

The Census internal point of Louisville is at 33.122900, -89.054900. Jackson, the capital, is 86.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Philadelphia, MS (6,938 people), 24.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 87.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.122900, -89.054900
DMS
33°07'22.44"N 89°03'17.64"W
UTM
16N 308289.7E 3666790.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
865G4WFW+52

Daylight in Louisville

At 33.12° N, Louisville 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 Louisville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Ackerman, 14.6 miles away, with 1,544 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Louisville, MS?

5,899 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 163 (2.7%) from 6,062 in July 2020.

What county is Louisville in?

Winston County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Louisville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39339.

How far is Louisville from Jackson?

86.9 miles (139.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Louisville.

What is the nearest larger city to Louisville?

Philadelphia, MS, with 6,938 residents, 24.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.