Richland, Mississippi

Richland population, 2020 to 2024

Richland added 456 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +192. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Richland is 60% of it.

Richland covers 12.53 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 607 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Richland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Richland is in

All of Richland's residents live in Rankin County, which had 160,573 residents in 2024. Richland holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39073, 39218. 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 Richland is

The Census internal point of Richland is at 32.230400, -90.159600. Jackson, the capital, is 5.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pearl, MS (28,458 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 6.6 miles away.

Daylight in Richland

At 32.23° N, Richland 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 Richland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Pearl, 4.9 miles away, with 28,458 people.