Mississippi · Census place 2842440

Lucedale, Mississippi

Lucedale is a city in George County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,124 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,124
#80 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
+8.9%
+254 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
489 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Lucedale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Lucedale population, 2020 to 2024

Lucedale added 254 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +70.

2,87020202,92220212,99220223,05420233,1242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,866. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lucedale covers 6.39 square miles of land, for 489 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Lucedale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lucedale is in

All of Lucedale's residents live in George County, which had 25,880 residents in 2024. Lucedale holds 12.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lucedale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lucedale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39452. 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 Lucedale is

The Census internal point of Lucedale is at 30.931200, -88.595900. Jackson, the capital, is 132.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Leakesville, MS (3,743 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 34.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.931200, -88.595900
DMS
30°55'52.32"N 88°35'45.24"W
UTM
16N 347527.1E 3423068.9N
Geohash
dj2zzyy7m
Plus code
862HWCJ3+FJ

Daylight in Lucedale

At 30.93° N, Lucedale gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lucedale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Leakesville, 15.2 miles away, with 3,743 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lucedale, MS?

3,124 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 254 (8.9%) from 2,870 in July 2020.

What county is Lucedale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lucedale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39452.

How far is Lucedale from Jackson?

132.9 miles (213.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lucedale.

What is the nearest larger city to Lucedale?

Leakesville, MS, with 3,743 residents, 15.2 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.