Mississippi · Census place 2844520

Madison, Mississippi

Madison is a city in Madison County, Mississippi with an estimated 28,210 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,210
#10 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+453 people
Land area
25.3 sq mi
+ 1.18 sq mi water
Density
1,117 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Madison. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Madison population, 2020 to 2024

Madison added 453 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Madison is 2.2 times that size.

27.8k202027.7k202127.9k202228.1k202328.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,749. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Madison covers 25.25 square miles of land and 1.18 of water, for 1,117 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Madison is denser than the typical town.

What county Madison is in

All of Madison's residents live in Madison County, which had 114,247 residents in 2024. Madison holds 24.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Madison

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Madison by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39110. 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 Madison is

The Census internal point of Madison is at 32.473900, -90.130900. Jackson, the capital, is 12.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, MS (141,449 people), 11.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.473900, -90.130900
DMS
32°28'26.04"N 90°07'51.24"W
UTM
15N 769646.8E 3596592.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
864FFVF9+HJ

Daylight in Madison

At 32.47° N, Madison gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Madison

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgeland, 3.9 miles away, with 24,576 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Madison, MS?

28,210 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 453 (1.6%) from 27,757 in July 2020.

What county is Madison in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Madison?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39110.

How far is Madison from Jackson?

12.5 miles (20.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Madison.

What is the nearest larger city to Madison?

Jackson, MS, with 141,449 residents, 11.9 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.