Mississippi · Census place 2859480

Poplarville, Mississippi

Poplarville is a city in Pearl River County, Mississippi with an estimated 2,898 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,898
#84 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+84 people
Land area
5.4 sq mi
Density
536 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Poplarville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Poplarville population, 2020 to 2024

Poplarville added 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +45.

2,81420202,82520212,84820222,85320232,8982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,820. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Poplarville covers 5.41 square miles of land, for 536 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Poplarville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Poplarville is in

All of Poplarville's residents live in Pearl River County, which had 59,030 residents in 2024. Poplarville holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poplarville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poplarville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39470. 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 Poplarville is

The Census internal point of Poplarville is at 30.839700, -89.530100. Jackson, the capital, is 107.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bogalusa, LA (10,367 people), 20.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 59.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.839700, -89.530100
DMS
30°50'22.92"N 89°31'48.36"W
UTM
16N 258020.6E 3414576.9N
Geohash
dj2r6wnnm
Plus code
862GRFQ9+VX

Daylight in Poplarville

At 30.84° N, Poplarville gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poplarville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Lumberton, 12.2 miles away, with 1,647 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Poplarville, MS?

2,898 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 84 (3.0%) from 2,814 in July 2020.

What county is Poplarville in?

Pearl River County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Poplarville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39470.

How far is Poplarville from Jackson?

107.9 miles (173.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Poplarville.

What is the nearest larger city to Poplarville?

Bogalusa, LA, with 10,367 residents, 20.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.