Alpharetta, Georgia

Alpharetta population, 2020 to 2024

Alpharetta added 1,309 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -91. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 92nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Alpharetta is 4.1 times that size.

Alpharetta covers 26.90 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 2,501 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Alpharetta is denser than the typical town.

What county Alpharetta is in

All of Alpharetta's residents live in Fulton County, which had 1,090,354 residents in 2024. Alpharetta holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alpharetta

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Alpharetta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30004, 30005, 30009, 30022. 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 Alpharetta is

The Census internal point of Alpharetta is at 34.070900, -84.272600. Atlanta, the capital, is 23.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johns Creek, GA (81,167 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 11.1 miles away.

Daylight in Alpharetta

At 34.07° N, Alpharetta 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 Alpharetta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Johns Creek, 4.7 miles away, with 81,167 people.