Tupelo, Mississippi

Tupelo population, 2020 to 2024

Tupelo lost 143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +58. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 26th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Tupelo is 3.0 times that size.

Tupelo covers 64.38 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 587 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Tupelo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tupelo is in

All of Tupelo's residents live in Lee County, which had 83,012 residents in 2024. Tupelo 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 Tupelo

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tupelo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38801, 38804, 38826. 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 Tupelo is

The Census internal point of Tupelo is at 34.270600, -88.732500. Jackson, the capital, is 160.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Florence, AL (42,716 people), 72.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 91.0 miles away.

Daylight in Tupelo

At 34.27° N, Tupelo gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tupelo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Verona, 5.6 miles away, with 2,718 people.