Georgia · Census place 1336696

Harlem, Georgia

Harlem is a city in Columbia County, Georgia with an estimated 4,076 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 166th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,076
#166 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+13.1%
+473 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
619 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Harlem. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Harlem population, 2020 to 2024

Harlem added 473 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.1%. In the latest year it moved by +90.

3,60320203,84820213,95220223,98620234,0762024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,561. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Harlem covers 6.59 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 619 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Harlem is less dense than the typical town.

What county Harlem is in

All of Harlem's residents live in Columbia County, which had 167,472 residents in 2024. Harlem holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Harlem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Harlem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30814. 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 Harlem is

The Census internal point of Harlem is at 33.435300, -82.316100. Atlanta, the capital, is 121.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grovetown, GA (17,843 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 14.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.435300, -82.316100
DMS
33°26'7.08"N 82°18'57.96"W
UTM
17N 377658.4E 3700320.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
865VCMPM+4H

Daylight in Harlem

At 33.44° N, Harlem gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Harlem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Grovetown, 6.3 miles away, with 17,843 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Harlem, GA?

4,076 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 473 (13.1%) from 3,603 in July 2020.

What county is Harlem in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Harlem?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30814.

How far is Harlem from Atlanta?

121.2 miles (195.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Harlem.

What is the nearest larger city to Harlem?

Grovetown, GA, with 17,843 residents, 6.3 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.