Athens-Clarke County, Georgia

Athens-Clarke County population, 2020 to 2024

Athens-Clarke County added 1,452 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -335. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 102nd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Athens-Clarke County is 7.9 times that size.

Athens-Clarke County covers 116.44 square miles of land and 1.81 of water, for 1,105 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Athens-Clarke County is less dense than the typical town.

What county Athens-Clarke County is in

All of Athens-Clarke County's residents live in Clarke County, which had 129,995 residents in 2024. Athens-Clarke County holds 99.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Athens-Clarke County

8 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Athens-Clarke County by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30601, 30602, 30605, 30606, 30607, 30609, 30622, 30683. 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 Athens-Clarke County is

The Census internal point of Athens-Clarke County is at 33.949600, -83.370100. Atlanta, the capital, is 60.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlanta, GA (520,070 people), 61.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 57.3 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 202 m (663 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Athens-Clarke County

At 33.95° N, Athens-Clarke County gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Athens-Clarke County daylight page.

Places near Athens-Clarke County

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Winterville, 5.2 miles away, with 1,196 people.