Mississippi · Census place 2846600

Mendenhall, Mississippi

Mendenhall is a city in Simpson County, Mississippi with an estimated 2,130 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,130
#92 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-3.0%
-66 people
Land area
5.4 sq mi
Density
398 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Mendenhall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Mendenhall population, 2020 to 2024

Mendenhall lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

2,19620202,17120212,15120222,14120232,1302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,203. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mendenhall covers 5.35 square miles of land, for 398 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Mendenhall is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mendenhall is in

All of Mendenhall's residents live in Simpson County, which had 25,597 residents in 2024. Mendenhall holds 8.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mendenhall

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mendenhall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39114. 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 Mendenhall is

The Census internal point of Mendenhall is at 31.960700, -89.869500. Jackson, the capital, is 29.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Magee, MS (3,924 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 31.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.960700, -89.869500
DMS
31°57'38.52"N 89°52'10.20"W
UTM
16N 228794.6E 3539676.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
863GX46J+75

Daylight in Mendenhall

At 31.96° N, Mendenhall gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mendenhall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Magee, 10.0 miles away, with 3,924 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mendenhall, MS?

2,130 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (3.0%) from 2,196 in July 2020.

What county is Mendenhall in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mendenhall?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39114.

How far is Mendenhall from Jackson?

29.8 miles (47.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Mendenhall.

What is the nearest larger city to Mendenhall?

Magee, MS, with 3,924 residents, 10.0 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.