Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta population, 2020 to 2024

Atlanta added 20,072 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +6,886. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Atlanta is 32.0 times that size.

Atlanta covers 135.30 square miles of land and 1.08 of water, for 3,844 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Atlanta is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Atlanta spans

Atlanta crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 520,070 residents as follows; Fulton County holds 91.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Atlanta

26 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Atlanta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30303, 30305, 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, 30310, 30311, 30312, 30313, 30314, 30315, 30316, 30317, 30318, 30319, 30322, 30324, 30326, 30327, 30331, 30332, 30334, 30342, 30354, 30363. 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 Atlanta is

The Census internal point of Atlanta is at 33.762900, -84.422700. Atlanta, the capital, is 2.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville-Davidson, TN (704,963 people), 213.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 12.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 289 m (948 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Atlanta

At 33.76° N, Atlanta gets about 14 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 30 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 Atlanta daylight page.

Places near Atlanta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is East Point, 7.0 miles away, with 38,270 people.