Meridian, Mississippi

Meridian population, 2020 to 2024

Meridian lost 1,323 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -203. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Meridian is 2.7 times that size.

Meridian covers 53.74 square miles of land and 0.76 of water, for 624 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Meridian is less dense than the typical town.

What county Meridian is in

All of Meridian's residents live in Lauderdale County, which had 70,588 residents in 2024. Meridian holds 47.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Meridian

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Meridian by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39301, 39305, 39307. 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 Meridian is

The Census internal point of Meridian is at 32.384200, -88.689400. Jackson, the capital, is 87.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hattiesburg, MS (48,522 people), 83.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 89.0 miles away.

Daylight in Meridian

At 32.38° N, Meridian 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 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Meridian

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Marion, 3.9 miles away, with 1,682 people.