Philadelphia, Mississippi

Philadelphia population, 2020 to 2024

Philadelphia lost 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -13. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Philadelphia is 55% of it.

Philadelphia covers 12.21 square miles of land, for 568 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Philadelphia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Philadelphia is in

All of Philadelphia's residents live in Neshoba County, which had 28,973 residents in 2024. Philadelphia holds 23.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Philadelphia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Philadelphia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39350. 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 Philadelphia is

The Census internal point of Philadelphia is at 32.775100, -89.122000. Jackson, the capital, is 70.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Meridian, MS (33,549 people), 36.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 71.0 miles away.

Daylight in Philadelphia

At 32.78° N, Philadelphia gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Philadelphia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Union, 14.1 miles away, with 2,003 people.