Mississippi · Census place 2867040
Shelby, Mississippi
Shelby is a city in Bolivar County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,800 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 104th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,800
- #104 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -10.6%
- -213 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Density
- 659 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Shelby population, 2020 to 2024
Shelby lost 213 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -10.6%. In the latest year it moved by -46.
Shelby covers 2.73 square miles of land, for 659 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Shelby is less dense than the typical town.
What county Shelby is in
All of Shelby's residents live in Bolivar County, which had 28,395 residents in 2024. Shelby holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Shelby
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shelby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38774. 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 Shelby is
The Census internal point of Shelby is at 33.950500, -90.765100. Jackson, the capital, is 118.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, MS (10,183 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 92.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.950500, -90.765100
- DMS
- 33°57'1.80"N 90°45'54.36"W
- UTM
- 15N 706527.7E 3758917.7N
- Geohash
- 9yp3ns6zg
- Plus code
- 865FX62M+6X
Daylight in Shelby
At 33.95° N, Shelby gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Shelby
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Mound Bayou, 5.3 miles away, with 1,394 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Shelby, MS?
1,800 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 213 (10.6%) from 2,013 in July 2020.
What county is Shelby in?
Bolivar County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Shelby?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38774.
How far is Shelby from Jackson?
118.9 miles (191.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Shelby.
What is the nearest larger city to Shelby?
Cleveland, MS, with 10,183 residents, 14.4 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.