Albany, Georgia

Albany population, 2020 to 2024

Albany lost 2,398 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -166. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 140th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Albany is 4.1 times that size.

Albany covers 55.06 square miles of land and 0.76 of water, for 1,211 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Albany is close to the typical town.

What county Albany is in

All of Albany's residents live in Dougherty County, which had 82,418 residents in 2024. Albany holds 80.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Albany

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Albany by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31701, 31705, 31707, 31721. 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 Albany is

The Census internal point of Albany is at 31.578100, -84.176200. Atlanta, the capital, is 150.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, GA (201,830 people), 76.3 miles away.

Daylight in Albany

At 31.58° N, Albany gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Albany

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Leesburg, 10.7 miles away, with 3,574 people.