Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven population, 2020 to 2024

Southaven added 2,646 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.8%. In the latest year it moved by +473. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Southaven is 4.5 times that size.

Southaven covers 41.30 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,392 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Southaven is denser than the typical town.

What county Southaven is in

All of Southaven's residents live in DeSoto County, which had 195,871 residents in 2024. Southaven holds 29.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Southaven

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Southaven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38651, 38671, 38672. 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 Southaven is

The Census internal point of Southaven is at 34.951000, -89.977700. Jackson, the capital, is 183.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Memphis, TN (610,919 people), 10.9 miles away.

Daylight in Southaven

At 34.95° N, Southaven gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Southaven

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Horn Lake, 4.0 miles away, with 26,574 people.