Latimer is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States.

Interstate 10 forms the southern boundary of the community, with access from Exit 50.

The northern, less-populated half of the Latimer CDP lies within De Soto National Forest.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 16.3 square miles (42.3 km2), of which 0.7 acres (3,028 m2), or 0.01%, are water.

[2] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,720 people, 2,561 households, and 1,798 families residing in the CDP.