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What is the population density of Petal, Mississippi?

Have you ever wondered how many people are crammed into Petal in Mississippi? Here is the answer:

Petal, Mississippi has a population density of 235.4 inhabitants per square kilometer (609.56 / sq mi)

That means the whole population of 10,454 people are living within an area of 44.41 sq km (17.15 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).

The population density of Petal in Mississippi is 235.4 people per square kilometer (609.56 / sq mi)

Petal is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, along the Leaf River. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,454 in the 2010 census.The International Checker Hall of Fame was located in Petal until September 29, 2007, when 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) of the 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) building caught fire. On June 23, 2004, Sports Illustrated magazine named Petal the “Sports Illustrated Sportstown for Mississippi”.Petal was extensively damaged by an EF3 tornado on January 21, 2017.

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