Georgia · Census place 1316600
Claxton, Georgia
Claxton is a city in Evans County, Georgia with an estimated 2,543 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 219th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,543
- #219 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -70 people
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,461 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Claxton population, 2020 to 2024
Claxton lost 70 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +61.
Claxton covers 1.74 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,461 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Claxton is denser than the typical town.
What county Claxton is in
All of Claxton's residents live in Evans County, which had 10,869 residents in 2024. Claxton holds 23.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Claxton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Claxton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30417. 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 Claxton is
The Census internal point of Claxton is at 32.162100, -81.909700. Atlanta, the capital, is 180.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reidsville, GA (2,555 people), 13.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 42.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.162100, -81.909700
- DMS
- 32°09'43.56"N 81°54'34.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 414223.9E 3558766.0N
- Geohash
- djtybngjv
- Plus code
- 864W536R+R4
Daylight in Claxton
At 32.16° N, Claxton gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Claxton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Reidsville, 13.6 miles away, with 2,555 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Claxton, GA?
2,543 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 70 (2.7%) from 2,613 in July 2020.
What county is Claxton in?
Evans County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Claxton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30417.
How far is Claxton from Atlanta?
180.7 miles (290.9 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Claxton.
What is the nearest larger city to Claxton?
Reidsville, GA, with 2,555 residents, 13.6 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.