Georgia · Census place 1300996

Alamo, Georgia

Alamo is a town in Wheeler County, Georgia with an estimated 2,818 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 213th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,818
#213 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-10.4%
-327 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,438 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Alamo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Alamo population, 2020 to 2024

Alamo lost 327 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -10.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

3,14520203,40920212,99320222,82520232,8182024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,150. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alamo covers 1.96 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,438 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Alamo is denser than the typical town.

What county Alamo is in

All of Alamo's residents live in Wheeler County, which had 7,076 residents in 2024. Alamo holds 39.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alamo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alamo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 30411. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alamo is

The Census internal point of Alamo is at 32.147600, -82.779800. Atlanta, the capital, is 144.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McRae-Helena, GA (5,186 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 70.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.147600, -82.779800
DMS
32°08'51.36"N 82°46'47.28"W
UTM
17N 332146.4E 3558183.7N
Geohash
djtnuk396
Plus code
864V46XC+23

Daylight in Alamo

At 32.15° N, Alamo gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alamo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is McRae-Helena, 9.0 miles away, with 5,186 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alamo, GA?

2,818 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 327 (10.4%) from 3,145 in July 2020.

What county is Alamo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Alamo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30411.

How far is Alamo from Atlanta?

144.7 miles (232.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Alamo.

What is the nearest larger city to Alamo?

McRae-Helena, GA, with 5,186 residents, 9.0 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.