Georgia · Census place 1336220

Hamilton, Georgia

Hamilton is a city in Harris County, Georgia with an estimated 1,799 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 259th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,799
#259 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+111 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
Density
528 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Hamilton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Hamilton population, 2020 to 2024

Hamilton added 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +32.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,677. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hamilton covers 3.41 square miles of land, for 528 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Hamilton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hamilton is in

All of Hamilton's residents live in Harris County, which had 36,929 residents in 2024. Hamilton holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hamilton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hamilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31811. 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 Hamilton is

The Census internal point of Hamilton is at 32.764700, -84.875300. Atlanta, the capital, is 73.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manchester, GA (3,624 people), 15.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 17.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.764700, -84.875300
DMS
32°45'52.92"N 84°52'31.08"W
UTM
16N 699024.8E 3627199.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Hamilton

At 32.76° N, Hamilton gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hamilton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Mountain, 6.2 miles away, with 1,288 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hamilton, GA?

1,799 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 111 (6.6%) from 1,688 in July 2020.

What county is Hamilton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hamilton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31811.

How far is Hamilton from Atlanta?

73.6 miles (118.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Hamilton.

What is the nearest larger city to Hamilton?

Manchester, GA, with 3,624 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.