Mississippi · Census place 2842640

Lumberton, Mississippi

Lumberton is a city in 2 counties of Mississippi with an estimated 1,647 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,647
#114 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+20 people
Land area
7.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
232 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Lumberton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Jackson.

Lumberton population, 2020 to 2024

Lumberton added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

1,62720201,64420211,64320221,64120231,6472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,624. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lumberton covers 7.11 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 232 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Lumberton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Lumberton spans

Lumberton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,647 residents as follows; Lamar County holds 99.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Lamar County1,636
  2. 02Pearl River County11
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Lumberton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lumberton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39455. 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 Lumberton is

The Census internal point of Lumberton is at 31.005900, -89.459000. Jackson, the capital, is 99.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Purvis, MS (1,955 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 71.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.005900, -89.459000
DMS
31°00'21.24"N 89°27'32.40"W
UTM
16N 265229.3E 3432852.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
863G2G4R+9C

Daylight in Lumberton

At 31.01° N, Lumberton gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lumberton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Purvis, 10.2 miles away, with 1,955 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lumberton, MS?

1,647 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (1.2%) from 1,627 in July 2020.

What county is Lumberton in?

It spans 2 counties: Lamar County (1,636 residents), Pearl River County (11 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Lumberton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39455.

How far is Lumberton from Jackson?

99.0 miles (159.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lumberton.

What is the nearest larger city to Lumberton?

Purvis, MS, with 1,955 residents, 10.2 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.