Mississippi · Census place 2844240

Macon, Mississippi

Macon is a city in Noxubee County, Mississippi with an estimated 2,446 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,446
#87 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-4.5%
-116 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
639 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Macon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Macon population, 2020 to 2024

Macon lost 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -28.

2,56220202,53120212,49720222,47420232,4462024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,575. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Macon covers 3.83 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 639 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Macon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Macon is in

All of Macon's residents live in Noxubee County, which had 9,825 residents in 2024. Macon holds 24.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Macon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Macon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39341. 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 Macon is

The Census internal point of Macon is at 33.122100, -88.556700. Jackson, the capital, is 110.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, MS (22,820 people), 28.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 60.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.122100, -88.556700
DMS
33°07'19.56"N 88°33'24.12"W
UTM
16N 354772.9E 3665901.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
865H4CCV+R8

Daylight in Macon

At 33.12° N, Macon 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 Macon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus, 28.0 miles away, with 22,820 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Macon, MS?

2,446 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 116 (4.5%) from 2,562 in July 2020.

What county is Macon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Macon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39341.

How far is Macon from Jackson?

110.4 miles (177.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Macon.

What is the nearest larger city to Macon?

Columbus, MS, with 22,820 residents, 28.0 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.

  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.