Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Oxford in Mississippi? Here is the answer:
Oxford, Mississippi has a population density of 275.96 inhabitants per square kilometer (714.65 / sq mi)
That means the whole population of 11,756 people are living within an area of 42.6 sq km (16.45 sq mi).
As a reference: New York City has a population density of 6918 inhabitants per square kilometer (17918 / sq mi), thanks to it’s population of 8,398,748 inhabitants within an area of 1214 sq km (468.73 sq mi).
Oxford is a city in, and the county seat of, Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1837, it was named after the British university city of Oxford in hopes of having the state university located there, which it did successfully attract.As of the 2010 US Census, the population was 18,916; the Census Bureau estimated the city’s 2018 population at 24,528. Oxford is the home of the University of Mississippi, founded in 1848, also commonly known as “Ole Miss”.
Cities with a similar population density as Oxford
Other cities that have a similar population density as Oxford, Mississippi are:
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma with a population density of 341 people per sq km (883 / sq mi).
- Blythe, California with a population density of 294 people per sq km (761 / sq mi).
- Rye, New York with a population density of 303 people per sq km (785 / sq mi).
- Cedar City, Utah with a population density of 310 people per sq km (803 / sq mi).
- Clinton, Iowa with a population density of 273 people per sq km (707 / sq mi).
- Prichard, Alabama with a population density of 343 people per sq km (888 / sq mi).
- Fort Madison, Iowa with a population density of 323 people per sq km (835 / sq mi).
- La Vergne, Tennessee with a population density of 285 people per sq km (739 / sq mi).
- Lewisburg, Tennessee with a population density of 320 people per sq km (830 / sq mi).
- LaGrange, Georgia with a population density of 267 people per sq km (691 / sq mi).
Cities with a similar population size as Oxford
Here a list of cities that have a similar number of inhabitants like Oxford, Mississippi:
- Warsaw, Indiana with a population of 13,559 people
- Eunice, Louisiana with a population of 10,398 people
- Warrenville, Illinois with a population of 13,316 people
- Orangeburg, South Carolina with a population of 13,964 people
- Las Vegas, New Mexico with a population of 14,408 people
- Clemson, South Carolina with a population of 13,905 people
- Hidalgo, Texas with a population of 11,198 people
- Warrensville Heights, Ohio with a population of 13,542 people
- White House, Tennessee with a population of 10,752 people
- Lakeland, Tennessee with a population of 12,430 people
Cities with a similar size as Oxford
If you want to check which cities have a similar size as Oxford, Mississippi, here you go:
- Willmar, Minnesota with 40.85 square kilometers (40.85 sq mi), population: 19,610
- East Point, Georgia with 38.12 square kilometers (38.12 sq mi), population: 33,712
- Hanford, California with 43.52 square kilometers (43.52 sq mi), population: 53,967
- Van Buren, Arkansas with 42.01 square kilometers (42.01 sq mi), population: 22,791
- Forrest City, Arkansas with 42.35 square kilometers (42.35 sq mi), population: 15,435
- Danville, California with 46.82 square kilometers (46.82 sq mi), population: 43,341
- Delano, California with 37.18 square kilometers (37.18 sq mi), population: 53,819
- Carbondale, Illinois with 45.79 square kilometers (45.79 sq mi), population: 26,256
- Clarksdale, Mississippi with 35.98 square kilometers (35.98 sq mi), population: 17,962
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire with 43.57 square kilometers (43.57 sq mi), population: 21,233
Cities with the same name “Oxford”
Same name but different game – do we have sister cities from other states:
- Oxford, Ohio with a population of 21,943 residents
- Oxford, Alabama with a population of 21,348 residents