Americus, Georgia

Americus population, 2020 to 2024

Americus lost 451 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 137th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Americus is 97% of it.

Americus covers 11.35 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,387 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Americus is denser than the typical town.

What county Americus is in

All of Americus's residents live in Sumter County, which had 28,972 residents in 2024. Americus holds 54.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Americus

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Americus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31709, 31719. 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 Americus is

The Census internal point of Americus is at 32.074400, -84.222800. Atlanta, the capital, is 116.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albany, GA (66,705 people), 34.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 48.5 miles away.

Daylight in Americus

At 32.07° N, Americus gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Americus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ellaville, 12.4 miles away, with 1,513 people.