Mississippi · Census place 2855400
Pass Christian, Mississippi
Pass Christian is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi with an estimated 6,429 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,429
- #56 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- +11.8%
- +680 people
- Land area
- 8.2 sq mi
- + 7.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 780 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Pass Christian population, 2020 to 2024
Pass Christian added 680 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.8%. In the latest year it moved by +161. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Pass Christian is 51% of it.
Pass Christian covers 8.24 square miles of land and 7.03 of water, for 780 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Pass Christian is close to the typical town.
What county Pass Christian is in
All of Pass Christian's residents live in Harrison County, which had 213,730 residents in 2024. Pass Christian holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pass Christian
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pass Christian by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39571. 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 Pass Christian is
The Census internal point of Pass Christian is at 30.318000, -89.239100. Jackson, the capital, is 147.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Long Beach, MS (17,217 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 45.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.318000, -89.239100
- DMS
- 30°19'4.80"N 89°14'20.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 284708.8E 3356147.4N
- Geohash
- dj2s3r4p4
- Plus code
- 862G8Q96+69
Daylight in Pass Christian
At 30.32° N, Pass Christian gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pass Christian
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Long Beach, 5.2 miles away, with 17,217 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pass Christian, MS?
6,429 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 680 (11.8%) from 5,749 in July 2020.
What county is Pass Christian in?
Harrison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pass Christian?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39571.
How far is Pass Christian from Jackson?
147.8 miles (237.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Pass Christian.
What is the nearest larger city to Pass Christian?
Long Beach, MS, with 17,217 residents, 5.2 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.