Forest, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi Population (2000): 5987 Housing Units (2000): 2257 Land area (2000): 13.014636 sq. miles (33.707750 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.020073 sq. miles (0.051990 sq. km) Total area (2000): 13.034709 sq. miles (33.759740 sq. km) FIPS code: 25340 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32.363627 N, 89.475348 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39074 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Forest, MS Forest