Mississippi · Census place 2862600

Ripley, Mississippi

Ripley is a city in Tippah County, Mississippi with an estimated 5,359 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 61st largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,359
#61 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-79 people
Land area
11.4 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
469 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Ripley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Ripley population, 2020 to 2024

Ripley lost 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +6. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Ripley is 42% of it.

5,43820205,40920215,37420225,35320235,3592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,458. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ripley covers 11.43 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 469 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Ripley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ripley is in

All of Ripley's residents live in Tippah County, which had 21,423 residents in 2024. Ripley holds 25.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ripley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ripley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38663. 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 Ripley is

The Census internal point of Ripley is at 34.735900, -88.936000. Jackson, the capital, is 183.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Albany, MS (7,729 people), 17.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 63.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.735900, -88.936000
DMS
34°44'9.24"N 88°56'9.60"W
UTM
16N 322759.1E 3845462.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
866HP3P7+9H

Daylight in Ripley

At 34.74° N, Ripley gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ripley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is New Albany, 17.5 miles away, with 7,729 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ripley, MS?

5,359 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 79 (1.5%) from 5,438 in July 2020.

What county is Ripley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ripley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38663.

How far is Ripley from Jackson?

183.1 miles (294.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ripley.

What is the nearest larger city to Ripley?

New Albany, MS, with 7,729 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.