Lumberton, Mississippi | |
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Coordinates: 31°0′14″N89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Mississippi |
Counties | Lamar, Pearl River |
Government | |
• Mayor | Quincy Rogers |
Area | |
• Total | 7.13 sq mi (18.47 km2) |
• Land | 7.11 sq mi (18.41 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,617 |
• Density | 227.46/sq mi (87.83/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 39455 |
Area code | 601 |
FIPS code | 28-42640 |
GNIS feature ID | 0693845 |
Lumberton is a city in Lamar and Pearl River counties, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,086 at the 2010 census.
The city was named for the local lumber industry. [2]
Lumberton is located at 31°0′14″N89°27′13″W / 31.00389°N 89.45361°W (31.003888, -89.453544). [3] Most of the city is in Lamar County, with a small portion extending east into adjacent Pearl River County. [4] In the 2000 census, 2,200 of the city's 2,228 residents (98.7%) lived in Lamar County and 28 (1.3%) in Pearl River County. [5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.9 km2), of which 7.3 square miles (18.8 km2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km2) (0.27%) is water.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 1,509 | — | |
1910 | 2,122 | 40.6% | |
1920 | 2,192 | 3.3% | |
1930 | 2,374 | 8.3% | |
1940 | 1,485 | −37.4% | |
1950 | 1,803 | 21.4% | |
1960 | 2,108 | 16.9% | |
1970 | 2,084 | −1.1% | |
1980 | 2,217 | 6.4% | |
1990 | 2,121 | −4.3% | |
2000 | 2,228 | 5.0% | |
2010 | 2,086 | −6.4% | |
2020 | 1,617 | −22.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] |
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (non-Hispanic) | 594 | 36.73% |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 894 | 55.29% |
Native American | 3 | 0.19% |
Asian | 5 | 0.31% |
Other/Mixed | 96 | 5.94% |
Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 1.55% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,617 people, 725 households, and 435 families residing in the city.
The City of Lumberton is served by the Lamar County School District. [8] The Lumberton Public School District consolidated into it as of 2019. [9] [10]
Lumberton includes Lumberton Elementary School, Lumberton Middle School and Lumberton High School. [11]
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