Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo City population, 2020 to 2024

Yazoo City lost 647 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.1%. In the latest year it moved by -171. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Yazoo City is 78% of it.

Yazoo City covers 10.08 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 983 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Yazoo City is denser than the typical town.

What county Yazoo City is in

All of Yazoo City's residents live in Yazoo County, which had 23,024 residents in 2024. Yazoo City holds 43.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Yazoo City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Yazoo City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 39194. 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 Yazoo City is

The Census internal point of Yazoo City is at 32.862200, -90.408000. Jackson, the capital, is 41.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canton, MS (10,777 people), 28.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jackson, MS, 39.4 miles away.

Daylight in Yazoo City

At 32.86° N, Yazoo City gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Yazoo City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Belzoni, 22.5 miles away, with 1,740 people.