Official Name: | Rawls Springs, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi |
Pushpin Label: | Rawls Springs |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Forrest |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.76 |
Area Land Km2: | 4.73 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.84 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.83 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1202 |
Population Density Km2: | 254.21 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 658.27 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 174 |
Coordinates: | 31.3808°N -89.3714°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 39402 |
Area Code: | 601 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 676496 |
Rawls Springs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,202.[2] Rawls Springs is approximately northwest of Hattiesburg near U.S. Route 49 and a part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Rawls Springs is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.[3]
A post office operated under the name Rawles Springs from 1905 to 1927.[4]
White (NH) | 370 | 30.78% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 749 | 62.31% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 1 | 0.08% | |
Asian (NH) | 3 | 0.25% | |
Pacific Islander (NH) | 1 | 0.08% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 2 | 0.17% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 21 | 1.75% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 4.58% | |
Total | 1,202 |