Time Zones in Mississippi
Mississippi uses Central Time.
| Time zone | Local time and UTC offset | Next clock change |
|---|---|---|
| America/Chicago | UTC-06:00 in January; UTC-05:00 in July. Enable JavaScript for the live clock. | Enable JavaScript for upcoming changes. |
- Official code
- 28
- Representative coordinates
- 32.686471, -89.656138
- Resident population, July 2025
- 2,954,160
- Land area
- 121,534.612 km²
- Water area
- 3,914.024 km²
- State
- Mississippi
The representative point identifies this area. It is not a street address or a boundary survey.
Counties and equivalents
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Adams County, Mississippi
- Alcorn County, Mississippi
- Amite County, Mississippi
- Attala County, Mississippi
- Benton County, Mississippi
- Bolivar County, Mississippi
- Calhoun County, Mississippi
- Carroll County, Mississippi
- Chickasaw County, Mississippi
- Choctaw County, Mississippi
- Claiborne County, Mississippi
- Clarke County, Mississippi
- Clay County, Mississippi
- Coahoma County, Mississippi
- Copiah County, Mississippi
- Covington County, Mississippi
- DeSoto County, Mississippi
- Forrest County, Mississippi
- Franklin County, Mississippi
- George County, Mississippi
- Greene County, Mississippi
- Grenada County, Mississippi
- Hancock County, Mississippi
- Harrison County, Mississippi
- Hinds County, Mississippi
- Holmes County, Mississippi
- Humphreys County, Mississippi
- Issaquena County, Mississippi
- Itawamba County, Mississippi
- Jackson County, Mississippi
Cities, towns and communities
These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.
- Abbeville town, MS
- Aberdeen city, MS
- Ackerman town, MS
- Agricola CDP, MS
- Alcorn State University CDP, MS
- Algoma town, MS
- Alligator town, MS
- Amory city, MS
- Anguilla town, MS
- Arcola town, MS
- Arkabutla CDP, MS
- Arnold Line CDP, MS
- Artesia town, MS
- Ashland town, MS
- Austin CDP, MS
- Baldwyn city, MS
- Bassfield town, MS
- Batesville city, MS
- Baxterville CDP, MS
- Bay St. Louis city, MS
- Bay Springs city, MS
- Beaumont town, MS
- Beauregard village, MS
- Beechwood CDP, MS
- Belmont town, MS
- Belzoni city, MS
- Benndale CDP, MS
- Benoit town, MS
- Benton CDP, MS
- Bentonia town, MS
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