Mississippi · Census place 2856200
Pelahatchie, Mississippi
Pelahatchie is a town in Rankin County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,300 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 137th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,300
- #137 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +36 people
- Land area
- 5.9 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 219 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Pelahatchie population, 2020 to 2024
Pelahatchie added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
Pelahatchie covers 5.94 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 219 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Pelahatchie is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pelahatchie is in
All of Pelahatchie's residents live in Rankin County, which had 160,573 residents in 2024. Pelahatchie holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pelahatchie
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pelahatchie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39042, 39145. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Pelahatchie is
The Census internal point of Pelahatchie is at 32.320900, -89.808000. Jackson, the capital, is 22.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morton, MS (3,641 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 23.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.320900, -89.808000
- DMS
- 32°19'15.24"N 89°48'28.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 235651.6E 3579471.0N
- Geohash
- dj8pu7gfc
- Plus code
- 864G85CR+9R
Daylight in Pelahatchie
At 32.32° N, Pelahatchie 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 Pelahatchie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Morton, 8.9 miles away, with 3,641 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pelahatchie, MS?
1,300 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (2.8%) from 1,264 in July 2020.
What county is Pelahatchie in?
Rankin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pelahatchie?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 39042, 39145.
How far is Pelahatchie from Jackson?
22.1 miles (35.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pelahatchie.
What is the nearest larger city to Pelahatchie?
Morton, MS, with 3,641 residents, 8.9 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.