Georgia · Census place 1300408

Acworth, Georgia

Acworth is a city in Cobb County, Georgia with an estimated 22,624 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,624
#51 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+196 people
Land area
9.2 sq mi
+ 0.70 sq mi water
Density
2,473 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Acworth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Acworth population, 2020 to 2024

Acworth added 196 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +107. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 107th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Acworth is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 22,466. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Acworth covers 9.15 square miles of land and 0.70 of water, for 2,473 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Acworth is denser than the typical town.

What county Acworth is in

All of Acworth's residents live in Cobb County, which had 787,538 residents in 2024. Acworth holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Acworth

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Acworth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30101, 30144. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Acworth is

The Census internal point of Acworth is at 34.062000, -84.681100. Atlanta, the capital, is 27.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kennesaw, GA (37,740 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 20.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.062000, -84.681100
DMS
34°03'43.20"N 84°40'51.96"W
UTM
16N 714011.6E 3771456.9N
Geohash
dn5cc0c1e
Plus code
866Q3869+RH

Daylight in Acworth

At 34.06° N, Acworth gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Acworth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Kennesaw, 4.4 miles away, with 37,740 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Acworth, GA?

22,624 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 196 (0.9%) from 22,428 in July 2020.

What county is Acworth in?

Cobb County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Acworth?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30101, 30144.

How far is Acworth from Atlanta?

27.4 miles (44.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Acworth.

What is the nearest larger city to Acworth?

Kennesaw, GA, with 37,740 residents, 4.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.