Mississippi · Census place 2844600

Magee, Mississippi

Magee is a city in Simpson County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,924 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 71st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,924
#71 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-74 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
Density
746 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Magee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Magee population, 2020 to 2024

Magee lost 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

3,99820203,96120213,94020223,93920233,9242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,009. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Magee covers 5.26 square miles of land, for 746 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Magee is close to the typical town.

What county Magee is in

All of Magee's residents live in Simpson County, which had 25,597 residents in 2024. Magee holds 15.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Magee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Magee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39111. 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 Magee is

The Census internal point of Magee is at 31.873000, -89.734000. Jackson, the capital, is 39.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, MS (4,810 people), 30.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 41.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.873000, -89.734000
DMS
31°52'22.80"N 89°44'2.40"W
UTM
16N 241360.0E 3529618.8N
Geohash
dj8jq439w
Plus code
863GV7F8+6C

Daylight in Magee

At 31.87° N, Magee gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Magee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Mendenhall, 10.0 miles away, with 2,130 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Magee, MS?

3,924 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 74 (1.9%) from 3,998 in July 2020.

What county is Magee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Magee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39111.

How far is Magee from Jackson?

39.5 miles (63.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Magee.

What is the nearest larger city to Magee?

Florence, MS, with 4,810 residents, 30.0 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.