Moss Point, Mississippi

Moss Point population, 2020 to 2024

Moss Point lost 334 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -94. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Moss Point is 93% of it.

Moss Point covers 24.11 square miles of land and 2.45 of water, for 489 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Moss Point is less dense than the typical town.

What county Moss Point is in

All of Moss Point's residents live in Jackson County, which had 147,002 residents in 2024. Moss Point holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moss Point

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moss Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39563. 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 Moss Point is

The Census internal point of Moss Point is at 30.425900, -88.532700. Jackson, the capital, is 162.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pascagoula, MS (21,476 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 30.3 miles away.

Daylight in Moss Point

At 30.43° N, Moss Point gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moss Point

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Pascagoula, 4.8 miles away, with 21,476 people.