Mississippi · Census place 2876320

Vardaman, Mississippi

Vardaman is a town in Calhoun County, Mississippi with an estimated 1,068 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 149th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,068; #149 of 149 in Mississippi
Change since 2020: -3.8%; -42 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi
Density: 785 / sq mi; State median 738

Orange pin: Vardaman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jackson.

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Vardaman population, 2020 to 2024

Vardaman lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,114. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Vardaman covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 785 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Vardaman is close to the typical town.

What county Vardaman is in

All of Vardaman's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 12,754 residents in 2024. Vardaman holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vardaman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vardaman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 38878. 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 Vardaman is

The Census internal point of Vardaman is at 33.882200, -89.177800. Jackson, the capital, is 124.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Calhoun City, MS (1,474 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 96.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.882200, -89.177800
DMS: 33°52'55.92"N 89°10'40.08"W
UTM: 16N 298589.2E 3751229.2N
Geohash: dn08f8ndn
Plus code: 865GVRJC+VV

Daylight in Vardaman

At 33.88° N, Vardaman 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 Vardaman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Calhoun City, 8.0 miles away, with 1,474 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Vardaman, MS?

1,068 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (3.8%) from 1,110 in July 2020.

What county is Vardaman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Vardaman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38878.

How far is Vardaman from Jackson?

124.0 miles (199.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Vardaman.

What is the nearest larger city to Vardaman?

Calhoun City, MS, with 1,474 residents, 8.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.