Mississippi · Census place 2859560
Port Gibson, Mississippi
Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,166 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,166
- #140 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -8.6%
- -110 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 663 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Port Gibson population, 2020 to 2024
Port Gibson lost 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.6%. In the latest year it moved by -18.
Port Gibson covers 1.76 square miles of land, for 663 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Port Gibson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Port Gibson is in
All of Port Gibson's residents live in Claiborne County, which had 8,122 residents in 2024. Port Gibson holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Port Gibson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Gibson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39150. 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 Port Gibson is
The Census internal point of Port Gibson is at 31.955800, -90.983400. Jackson, the capital, is 52.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayette, MS (1,342 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 51.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.955800, -90.983400
- DMS
- 31°57'20.88"N 90°59'0.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 690587.4E 3537312.1N
- Geohash
- 9vxmc97uj
- Plus code
- 863FX248+8J
Daylight in Port Gibson
At 31.96° N, Port Gibson gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Port Gibson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Fayette, 17.5 miles away, with 1,342 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Port Gibson, MS?
1,166 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 110 (8.6%) from 1,276 in July 2020.
What county is Port Gibson in?
Claiborne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Port Gibson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39150.
How far is Port Gibson from Jackson?
52.4 miles (84.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Port Gibson.
What is the nearest larger city to Port Gibson?
Fayette, MS, with 1,342 residents, 17.5 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.