Mississippi · Census place 2861160

Raymond, Mississippi

Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,387 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,387
#130 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-28.2%
-545 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
482 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Raymond. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Raymond population, 2020 to 2024

Raymond lost 545 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -28.2%. In the latest year it moved by -252.

1,93220201,65020211,65120221,63920231,3872024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,939. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Raymond covers 2.88 square miles of land, for 482 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Raymond is less dense than the typical town.

What county Raymond is in

All of Raymond's residents live in Hinds County, which had 211,975 residents in 2024. Raymond holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Raymond

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Raymond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39154. 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 Raymond is

The Census internal point of Raymond is at 32.261000, -90.409000. Jackson, the capital, is 13.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, MS (26,617 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.261000, -90.409000
DMS
32°15'39.60"N 90°24'32.40"W
UTM
15N 744074.0E 3572313.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
864F7H6R+CC

Daylight in Raymond

At 32.26° N, Raymond gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Raymond

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Clinton, 7.5 miles away, with 26,617 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Raymond, MS?

1,387 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 545 (28.2%) from 1,932 in July 2020.

What county is Raymond in?

Hinds County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Raymond?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39154.

How far is Raymond from Jackson?

13.3 miles (21.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Raymond.

What is the nearest larger city to Raymond?

Clinton, MS, with 26,617 residents, 7.6 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.