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
Orange pin: Port Gibson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

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.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,283. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

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.

  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.