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
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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.
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.
- 01Lamar County1,636
- 02Pearl River County11
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
- dj82kk3yq
- 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.
- 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.