Georgia · Census place 1319000
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus is a city in Muscogee County, Georgia with an estimated 201,830 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 201,830
- #2 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -5,185 people
- Land area
- 216.5 sq mi
- + 4.51 sq mi water
- Density
- 932 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Columbus population, 2020 to 2024
Columbus lost 5,185 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -129. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 134th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Columbus is 12.4 times that size.
Columbus covers 216.50 square miles of land and 4.51 of water, for 932 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Columbus is less dense than the typical town.
What county Columbus is in
All of Columbus's residents live in Muscogee County, which had 201,830 residents in 2024. Columbus holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Columbus
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Columbus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31808, 31820, 31829, 31901, 31903, 31904, 31905, 31906, 31907, 31909. 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 Columbus is
The Census internal point of Columbus is at 32.510200, -84.874900. Atlanta, the capital, is 90.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlanta, GA (520,070 people), 90.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 71.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 93 m (305 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.510200, -84.874900
- DMS
- 32°30'36.72"N 84°52'29.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 699627.1E 3598980.0N
- Geohash
- djg8uw7cx
- Plus code
- 864QG46G+32
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Columbus
At 32.51° N, Columbus gets about 14 h 17 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Columbus daylight page.
Places near Columbus
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Cusseta-Chattahoochee County, 12.3 miles away, with 8,548 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Columbus, GA?
201,830 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5,185 (2.5%) from 207,015 in July 2020.
What county is Columbus in?
Muscogee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Columbus?
10 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 31808, 31820, 31829, 31901, 31903, 31904, 31905, 31906, 31907, 31909.
How far is Columbus from Atlanta?
90.1 miles (145.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Columbus.
What is the nearest larger city to Columbus?
Atlanta, GA, with 520,070 residents, 90.4 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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