Shannon, Mississippi

Shannon population, 2020 to 2024

Shannon lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

Shannon covers 4.05 square miles of land, for 368 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Shannon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shannon is in

All of Shannon's residents live in Lee County, which had 83,012 residents in 2024. Shannon holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shannon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shannon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38868. 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 Shannon is

The Census internal point of Shannon is at 34.114400, -88.693100. Jackson, the capital, is 152.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nettleton, MS (1,928 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 90.5 miles away.

Daylight in Shannon

At 34.11° N, Shannon gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shannon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Nettleton, 4.4 miles away, with 1,928 people.