Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez population, 2020 to 2024

Natchez lost 205 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +71. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Natchez is 1.1 times that size.

Natchez covers 15.82 square miles of land and 0.59 of water, for 900 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Natchez is denser than the typical town.

What county Natchez is in

All of Natchez's residents live in Adams County, which had 28,674 residents in 2024. Natchez holds 49.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Natchez

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Natchez by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39120. 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 Natchez is

The Census internal point of Natchez is at 31.542400, -91.385600. Jackson, the capital, is 87.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vicksburg, MS (20,032 people), 61.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baton Rouge, LA, 77.6 miles away.

Daylight in Natchez

At 31.54° N, Natchez gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Natchez

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Fayette, 22.4 miles away, with 1,342 people.