Hillsboro, Mississippi

Hillsboro, Mississippi
Census-designated place & Unincorporated community (CDP)
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Coordinates: 32°27′34″N 89°30′41″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Scott
Area [1]
• Total	9.16 sq mi (23.72 km^2)
• Land	9.14 sq mi (23.67 km^2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km^2)
Elevation	436 ft (133 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,072
• Density	117.29/sq mi (45.28/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	39087
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	693484[2]

Hillsboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. Its population was 1,130 as of the 2010 census.[3] Hillsboro has a post office with ZIP code 39087.[4][5]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,072		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

2020 census

Hillsboro racial composition
(NH = Non-Hispanic)[7][a]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	339	31.62%
Black or African American (NH)	645	60.17%
Asian (NH)	1	0.09%
Some Other Race (NH)	3	0.28%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	34	3.17%
Hispanic or Latino	50	4.66%
Total	1,072

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,072 people, 357 households, and 213 families residing in the CDP.

Education

Most of Hillsboro is in the Forest Municipal School District while a portion is in the Scott County School District.[10]

Notes

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
2. "Hillsboro". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on April 28, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
7. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
8. https://www.census.gov/ ^[not specific enough to verify]
9. "About the Hispanic Population and its Origin". www.census.gov. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
10. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 6, 2022. - Text list

1. Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[8][9]