Mississippi · Census place 2876560
Verona, Mississippi
Verona is a city in Lee County, Mississippi with an estimated 2,718 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,718
- #85 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -73 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 741 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Verona population, 2020 to 2024
Verona lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Verona covers 3.67 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 741 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Verona is close to the typical town.
What county Verona is in
All of Verona's residents live in Lee County, which had 83,012 residents in 2024. Verona holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Verona
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Verona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38801, 38879. 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 Verona is
The Census internal point of Verona is at 34.189700, -88.720500. Jackson, the capital, is 155.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tupelo, MS (37,775 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tuscaloosa, AL, 95.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.189700, -88.720500
- DMS
- 34°11'22.92"N 88°43'13.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 341460.8E 3784527.7N
- Geohash
- dn0ft059q
- Plus code
- 866H57QH+VQ
Daylight in Verona
At 34.19° N, Verona gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Verona
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Shannon, 5.4 miles away, with 1,491 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Verona, MS?
2,718 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (2.6%) from 2,791 in July 2020.
What county is Verona in?
Lee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Verona?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 38801, 38879.
How far is Verona from Jackson?
155.6 miles (250.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Verona.
What is the nearest larger city to Verona?
Tupelo, MS, with 37,775 residents, 5.7 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.