Georgia · Census place 1327344

Emerson, Georgia

Emerson is a city in Bartow County, Georgia with an estimated 2,192 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 232nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,192
#232 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+51.7%
+747 people
Land area
8.7 sq mi
Density
251 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Emerson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

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Emerson population, 2020 to 2024

Emerson added 747 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +51.7%. In the latest year it moved by +764.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,444. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Emerson covers 8.74 square miles of land, for 251 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Emerson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Emerson is in

All of Emerson's residents live in Bartow County, which had 117,508 residents in 2024. Emerson holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Emerson

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Emerson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30120, 30121, 30137. 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 Emerson is

The Census internal point of Emerson is at 34.131200, -84.745400. Atlanta, the capital, is 33.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cartersville, GA (25,082 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 25.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.131200, -84.745400
DMS
34°07'52.32"N 84°44'43.44"W
UTM
16N 707906.8E 3778999.2N
Geohash
dn5dpt6k9
Plus code
866Q47J3+FR

Daylight in Emerson

At 34.13° N, Emerson gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Emerson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Cartersville, 4.0 miles away, with 25,082 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Emerson, GA?

2,192 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 747 (51.7%) from 1,445 in July 2020.

What county is Emerson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Emerson?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30120, 30121, 30137.

How far is Emerson from Atlanta?

33.4 miles (53.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Emerson.

What is the nearest larger city to Emerson?

Cartersville, GA, with 25,082 residents, 4.0 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.