Mississippi · Census place 2863560
Rolling Fork, Mississippi
Rolling Fork is a city in Sharkey County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,473 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,473
- #124 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -20.5%
- -380 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,045 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Rolling Fork population, 2020 to 2024
Rolling Fork lost 380 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -20.5%. In the latest year it moved by -67.
Rolling Fork covers 1.41 square miles of land, for 1,045 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Rolling Fork is denser than the typical town.
What county Rolling Fork is in
All of Rolling Fork's residents live in Sharkey County, which had 3,234 residents in 2024. Rolling Fork holds 45.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rolling Fork
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rolling Fork by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39159. 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 Rolling Fork is
The Census internal point of Rolling Fork is at 32.907300, -90.876900. Jackson, the capital, is 58.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hollandale, MS (2,123 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 56.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.907300, -90.876900
- DMS
- 32°54'26.28"N 90°52'36.84"W
- UTM
- 15N 698557.1E 3643009.5N
- Geohash
- 9vz7hn96y
- Plus code
- 864FW44F+W6
Daylight in Rolling Fork
At 32.91° N, Rolling Fork gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rolling Fork
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Hollandale, 18.6 miles away, with 2,123 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rolling Fork, MS?
1,473 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 380 (20.5%) from 1,853 in July 2020.
What county is Rolling Fork in?
Sharkey County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rolling Fork?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39159.
How far is Rolling Fork from Jackson?
58.2 miles (93.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Rolling Fork.
What is the nearest larger city to Rolling Fork?
Hollandale, MS, with 2,123 residents, 18.6 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.
- 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.