Mississippi · Census place 2853680
Okolona, Mississippi
Okolona is a city in Chickasaw County, Mississippi with an estimated 2,416 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 88th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,416
- #88 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -3.5%
- -88 people
- Land area
- 7.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 336 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Okolona population, 2020 to 2024
Okolona lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -19.
Okolona covers 7.18 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 336 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Okolona is less dense than the typical town.
What county Okolona is in
All of Okolona's residents live in Chickasaw County, which had 16,774 residents in 2024. Okolona holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Okolona
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Okolona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38860. 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 Okolona is
The Census internal point of Okolona is at 34.005100, -88.747700. Jackson, the capital, is 144.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Verona, MS (2,718 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 88.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.005100, -88.747700
- DMS
- 34°00'18.36"N 88°44'51.72"W
- UTM
- 16N 338603.9E 3764098.4N
- Geohash
- dn0ckqryh
- Plus code
- 866H2742+2W
Daylight in Okolona
At 34.01° N, Okolona gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Okolona
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Shannon, 8.2 miles away, with 1,491 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Okolona, MS?
2,416 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 88 (3.5%) from 2,504 in July 2020.
What county is Okolona in?
Chickasaw County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Okolona?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38860.
How far is Okolona from Jackson?
144.2 miles (232.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Okolona.
What is the nearest larger city to Okolona?
Verona, MS, with 2,718 residents, 12.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.