Mississippi · Census place 2860840
Raleigh, Mississippi
Raleigh is a town in Smith County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,073 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,073
- #148 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- Density
- 210 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Raleigh population, 2020 to 2024
Raleigh lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Raleigh covers 5.10 square miles of land, for 210 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Raleigh is less dense than the typical town.
What county Raleigh is in
All of Raleigh's residents live in Smith County, which had 14,051 residents in 2024. Raleigh holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Raleigh
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Raleigh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39153. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Raleigh is
The Census internal point of Raleigh is at 32.034700, -89.525700. Jackson, the capital, is 42.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bay Springs, MS (1,488 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 44.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.034700, -89.525700
- DMS
- 32°02'4.92"N 89°31'32.52"W
- UTM
- 16N 261490.0E 3547071.5N
- Geohash
- dj8q4z9re
- Plus code
- 864G2FMF+VP
Daylight in Raleigh
At 32.03° N, Raleigh gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Raleigh
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Bay Springs, 14.9 miles away, with 1,488 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Raleigh, MS?
1,073 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.5%) from 1,089 in July 2020.
What county is Raleigh in?
Smith County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Raleigh?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39153.
How far is Raleigh from Jackson?
42.7 miles (68.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Raleigh.
What is the nearest larger city to Raleigh?
Bay Springs, MS, with 1,488 residents, 14.9 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.