Georgia · Census place 1335324

Griffin, Georgia

Griffin is a city in Spalding County, Georgia with an estimated 23,994 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 49th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
23,994
#49 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+543 people
Land area
14.1 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,708 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Griffin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Griffin population, 2020 to 2024

Griffin added 543 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -69. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Griffin is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,482. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Griffin covers 14.05 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,708 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Griffin is denser than the typical town.

What county Griffin is in

All of Griffin's residents live in Spalding County, which had 70,292 residents in 2024. Griffin holds 34.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Griffin

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Griffin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30223, 30224. 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 Griffin is

The Census internal point of Griffin is at 33.243200, -84.271900. Atlanta, the capital, is 35.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McDonough, GA (32,803 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA, 32.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.243200, -84.271900
DMS
33°14'35.52"N 84°16'18.84"W
UTM
16N 754184.9E 3681567.5N
Geohash
djuj47epd
Plus code
865Q6PVH+76

Daylight in Griffin

At 33.24° N, Griffin gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Griffin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Hampton, 9.4 miles away, with 9,201 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Griffin, GA?

23,994 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 543 (2.3%) from 23,451 in July 2020.

What county is Griffin in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Griffin?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30223, 30224.

How far is Griffin from Atlanta?

35.6 miles (57.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Griffin.

What is the nearest larger city to Griffin?

McDonough, GA, with 32,803 residents, 15.4 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.

  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.