Mississippi · Census place 2880160
Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins is a city in Stone County, Mississippi with an estimated 4,350 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 149 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,350
- #70 of 149 in Mississippi
- Change since 2020
- +2.0%
- +86 people
- Land area
- 10.8 sq mi
- + 0.51 sq mi water
- Density
- 405 / sq mi
- State median 738
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Wiggins population, 2020 to 2024
Wiggins added 86 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +67.
Wiggins covers 10.75 square miles of land and 0.51 of water, for 405 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Wiggins is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wiggins is in
All of Wiggins's residents live in Stone County, which had 19,569 residents in 2024. Wiggins holds 22.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wiggins
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wiggins by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39577. 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 Wiggins is
The Census internal point of Wiggins is at 30.856000, -89.139000. Jackson, the capital, is 117.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gulfport, MS (74,621 people), 30.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 62.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.856000, -89.139000
- DMS
- 30°51'21.60"N 89°08'20.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 295469.2E 3415602.0N
- Geohash
- dj2xe94vn
- Plus code
- 862GVV46+C9
Daylight in Wiggins
At 30.86° N, Wiggins gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wiggins
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Lumberton, 21.6 miles away, with 1,647 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wiggins, MS?
4,350 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 86 (2.0%) from 4,264 in July 2020.
What county is Wiggins in?
Stone County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wiggins?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 39577.
How far is Wiggins from Jackson?
117.2 miles (188.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Wiggins.
What is the nearest larger city to Wiggins?
Gulfport, MS, with 74,621 residents, 30.4 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.