Georgia · Census place 1302648
Arcade, Georgia
Arcade is a city in Jackson County, Georgia with an estimated 2,021 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 242nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,021
- #242 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +6.4%
- +122 people
- Land area
- 9.2 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 219 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Arcade population, 2020 to 2024
Arcade added 122 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +37.
Arcade covers 9.24 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 219 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Arcade is less dense than the typical town.
What county Arcade is in
All of Arcade's residents live in Jackson County, which had 93,825 residents in 2024. Arcade holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Arcade
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Arcade by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30549. 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 Arcade is
The Census internal point of Arcade is at 34.073500, -83.528100. Atlanta, the capital, is 54.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jefferson, GA (16,459 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 12.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.073500, -83.528100
- DMS
- 34°04'24.60"N 83°31'41.16"W
- UTM
- 17N 266708.3E 3773190.2N
- Geohash
- dnh9g6bsw
- Plus code
- 866R3FFC+CQ
Daylight in Arcade
At 34.07° N, Arcade 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 Arcade
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Jefferson, 6.1 miles away, with 16,459 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Arcade, GA?
2,021 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 122 (6.4%) from 1,899 in July 2020.
What county is Arcade in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Arcade?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30549.
How far is Arcade from Atlanta?
54.2 miles (87.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Arcade.
What is the nearest larger city to Arcade?
Jefferson, GA, with 16,459 residents, 6.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.