Mississippi · Census place 2872680

Terry, Mississippi

Terry is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,552 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 117th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,552
#117 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020
+17.8%
+235 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
407 / sq mi
State median 738
Orange pin: Terry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

Terry population, 2020 to 2024

Terry added 235 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.8%. In the latest year it moved by +62.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,307. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Terry covers 3.81 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 407 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Terry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Terry is in

All of Terry's residents live in Hinds County, which had 211,975 residents in 2024. Terry holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Terry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Terry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 39170. 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 Terry is

The Census internal point of Terry is at 32.106100, -90.292600. Jackson, the capital, is 14.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Byram, MS (12,656 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 15.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.106100, -90.292600
DMS
32°06'21.96"N 90°17'33.36"W
UTM
15N 755475.2E 3555405.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
864F4P44+CX

Daylight in Terry

At 32.11° N, Terry gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Terry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Byram, 6.0 miles away, with 12,656 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Terry, MS?

1,552 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 235 (17.8%) from 1,317 in July 2020.

What county is Terry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Terry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39170.

How far is Terry from Jackson?

14.7 miles (23.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Terry.

What is the nearest larger city to Terry?

Byram, MS, with 12,656 residents, 6.0 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.