Mississippi · Census place 2876720
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg is a city in Warren County, Mississippi with an estimated 20,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 20,032
- #20 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- -6.7%
- -1,433 people
- Land area
- 33.0 sq mi
- + 2.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 607 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Vicksburg population, 2020 to 2024
Vicksburg lost 1,433 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.7%. In the latest year it moved by -152. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Vicksburg is 1.6 times that size.
Vicksburg covers 33.02 square miles of land and 2.08 of water, for 607 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Vicksburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Vicksburg is in
All of Vicksburg's residents live in Warren County, which had 42,105 residents in 2024. Vicksburg holds 47.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Vicksburg
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Vicksburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39180, 39183. 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 Vicksburg is
The Census internal point of Vicksburg is at 32.322000, -90.881600. Jackson, the capital, is 40.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clinton, MS (26,617 people), 31.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 39.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.322000, -90.881600
- DMS
- 32°19'19.20"N 90°52'53.76"W
- UTM
- 15N 699411.4E 3578099.5N
- Geohash
- 9vxrgun13
- Plus code
- 864F84C9+R9
Daylight in Vicksburg
At 32.32° N, Vicksburg gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Vicksburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Gibson, 26.0 miles away, with 1,166 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Vicksburg, MS?
20,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,433 (6.7%) from 21,465 in July 2020.
What county is Vicksburg in?
Warren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Vicksburg?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 39180, 39183.
How far is Vicksburg from Jackson?
40.7 miles (65.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Vicksburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Vicksburg?
Clinton, MS, with 26,617 residents, 31.6 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.