Mississippi · Census place 2851720

Newton, Mississippi

Newton is a city in Newton County, Mississippi with an estimated 3,079 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,079
#82 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-107 people
Land area
7.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
431 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Newton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Newton population, 2020 to 2024

Newton lost 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -18.

3,18620203,13420213,10420223,09720233,0792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,194. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newton covers 7.15 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 431 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Newton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Newton is in

All of Newton's residents live in Newton County, which had 21,063 residents in 2024. Newton holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39345. 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 Newton is

The Census internal point of Newton is at 32.330100, -89.147500. Jackson, the capital, is 60.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest, MS (5,364 people), 19.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 62.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.330100, -89.147500
DMS
32°19'48.36"N 89°08'51.00"W
UTM
16N 297866.8E 3579052.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
864G8VJ3+22

Daylight in Newton

At 32.33° N, Newton gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 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 Newton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Decatur, 7.5 miles away, with 1,886 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newton, MS?

3,079 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 107 (3.4%) from 3,186 in July 2020.

What county is Newton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39345.

How far is Newton from Jackson?

60.6 miles (97.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Newton.

What is the nearest larger city to Newton?

Forest, MS, with 5,364 residents, 19.3 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)

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