Georgia · Census place 1312120
Butler, Georgia
Butler is a city in Taylor County, Georgia with an estimated 1,827 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 255th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,827
- #255 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -46 people
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 562 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Butler population, 2020 to 2024
Butler lost 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Butler covers 3.25 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 562 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Butler is less dense than the typical town.
What county Butler is in
All of Butler's residents live in Taylor County, which had 7,783 residents in 2024. Butler holds 23.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Butler
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Butler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31006. 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 Butler is
The Census internal point of Butler is at 32.557200, -84.237300. Atlanta, the capital, is 82.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fort Valley, GA (9,023 people), 20.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 36.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.557200, -84.237300
- DMS
- 32°33'25.92"N 84°14'14.28"W
- UTM
- 16N 759404.0E 3605567.0N
- Geohash
- dju15nu72
- Plus code
- 864QHQ47+V3
Daylight in Butler
At 32.56° N, Butler gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Butler
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fort Valley, 20.8 miles away, with 9,023 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Butler, GA?
1,827 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 46 (2.5%) from 1,873 in July 2020.
What county is Butler in?
Taylor County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Butler?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31006.
How far is Butler from Atlanta?
82.8 miles (133.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Butler.
What is the nearest larger city to Butler?
Fort Valley, GA, with 9,023 residents, 20.8 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.