Mississippi · Census place 2845240

Marks, Mississippi

Marks is a city in Quitman County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,241 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,241; #138 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020: -11.2%; -156 people
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 970 / sq mi; State median 738

Orange pin: Marks. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

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Marks population, 2020 to 2024

Marks lost 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -11.2%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,403. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marks covers 1.28 square miles of land, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Marks is denser than the typical town.

What county Marks is in

All of Marks's residents live in Quitman County, which had 5,542 residents in 2024. Marks holds 22.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marks

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38646. 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 Marks is

The Census internal point of Marks is at 34.253500, -90.272200. Jackson, the capital, is 135.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksdale, MS (13,861 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 61.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.253500, -90.272200
DMS: 34°15'12.60"N 90°16'19.92"W
UTM: 15N 751190.7E 3793631.2N
Geohash: 9ypfcg9v1
Plus code: 866F7P3H+C4

Daylight in Marks

At 34.25° N, Marks gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Lambert, 3.7 miles away, with 1,138 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marks, MS?

1,241 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 156 (11.2%) from 1,397 in July 2020.

What county is Marks in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marks?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38646.

How far is Marks from Jackson?

135.1 miles (217.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Marks.

What is the nearest larger city to Marks?

Clarksdale, MS, with 13,861 residents, 17.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.