Pontotoc, Mississippi

Pontotoc population, 2020 to 2024

Pontotoc added 408 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +141. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Pontotoc is 48% of it.

Pontotoc covers 11.18 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 541 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Pontotoc is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pontotoc is in

All of Pontotoc's residents live in Pontotoc County, which had 32,014 residents in 2024. Pontotoc holds 18.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pontotoc

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pontotoc by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38863. 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 Pontotoc is

The Census internal point of Pontotoc is at 34.250900, -89.008300. Jackson, the capital, is 151.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tupelo, MS (37,775 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 80.6 miles away.

Daylight in Pontotoc

At 34.25° N, Pontotoc gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pontotoc

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Ecru, 6.8 miles away, with 1,109 people.