Georgia · Census place 1308928

Blue Ridge, Georgia

Blue Ridge is a city in Fannin County, Georgia with an estimated 1,246 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 283rd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,246
#283 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-14 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
465 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Blue Ridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Blue Ridge population, 2020 to 2024

Blue Ridge lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,254. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blue Ridge covers 2.68 square miles of land, for 465 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Blue Ridge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Blue Ridge is in

All of Blue Ridge's residents live in Fannin County, which had 25,854 residents in 2024. Blue Ridge holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Blue Ridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blue Ridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30513. 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 Blue Ridge is

The Census internal point of Blue Ridge is at 34.866500, -84.321900. Atlanta, the capital, is 77.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellijay, GA (1,923 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 54.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.866500, -84.321900
DMS
34°51'59.40"N 84°19'18.84"W
UTM
16N 744808.4E 3861510.7N
Geohash
dnhn35q8j
Plus code
866QVM8H+J6

Daylight in Blue Ridge

At 34.87° N, Blue Ridge gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blue Ridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is McCaysville, 8.5 miles away, with 1,165 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blue Ridge, GA?

1,246 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 14 (1.1%) from 1,260 in July 2020.

What county is Blue Ridge in?

Fannin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Blue Ridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30513.

How far is Blue Ridge from Atlanta?

77.3 miles (124.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Blue Ridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Blue Ridge?

Ellijay, GA, with 1,923 residents, 15.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.