Fitzgerald, Georgia

Fitzgerald population, 2020 to 2024

Fitzgerald lost 184 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -141. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 128th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Fitzgerald is 54% of it.

Fitzgerald covers 9.06 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 973 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Fitzgerald is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fitzgerald is in

All of Fitzgerald's residents live in Ben Hill County, which had 16,945 residents in 2024. Fitzgerald holds 52.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fitzgerald

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fitzgerald by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31750. 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 Fitzgerald is

The Census internal point of Fitzgerald is at 31.713000, -83.252200. Atlanta, the capital, is 155.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tifton, GA (17,385 people), 23.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 80.0 miles away.

Daylight in Fitzgerald

At 31.71° N, Fitzgerald gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fitzgerald

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ocilla, 7.9 miles away, with 2,917 people.