Georgia · Census place 1308284
Blackshear, Georgia
Blackshear is a city in Pierce County, Georgia with an estimated 3,658 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,658
- #174 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +4.5%
- +159 people
- Land area
- 5.1 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 723 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Blackshear population, 2020 to 2024
Blackshear added 159 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +16.
Blackshear covers 5.06 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 723 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Blackshear is less dense than the typical town.
What county Blackshear is in
All of Blackshear's residents live in Pierce County, which had 20,669 residents in 2024. Blackshear holds 17.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Blackshear
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blackshear by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31516. 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 Blackshear is
The Census internal point of Blackshear is at 31.290800, -82.252900. Atlanta, the capital, is 210.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waycross, GA (13,671 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL, 74.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.290800, -82.252900
- DMS
- 31°17'26.88"N 82°15'10.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 380750.7E 3462507.9N
- Geohash
- djtd02360
- Plus code
- 863V7PRW+8R
Daylight in Blackshear
At 31.29° N, Blackshear gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Blackshear
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Waycross, 8.3 miles away, with 13,671 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Blackshear, GA?
3,658 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 159 (4.5%) from 3,499 in July 2020.
What county is Blackshear in?
Pierce County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Blackshear?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31516.
How far is Blackshear from Atlanta?
210.5 miles (338.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Blackshear.
What is the nearest larger city to Blackshear?
Waycross, GA, with 13,671 residents, 8.3 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.