Georgia · Census place 1337564

Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hazlehurst is a city in Jeff Davis County, Georgia with an estimated 4,124 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,124
#165 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+37 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
872 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Hazlehurst. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Hazlehurst population, 2020 to 2024

Hazlehurst added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +52.

4,08720204,09120214,07820224,07220234,1242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,083. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hazlehurst covers 4.73 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 872 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Hazlehurst is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hazlehurst is in

All of Hazlehurst's residents live in Jeff Davis County, which had 15,119 residents in 2024. Hazlehurst holds 27.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hazlehurst

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hazlehurst by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31539. 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 Hazlehurst is

The Census internal point of Hazlehurst is at 31.864100, -82.599300. Atlanta, the capital, is 166.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baxley, GA (4,943 people), 16.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA, 83.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.864100, -82.599300
DMS
31°51'50.76"N 82°35'57.48"W
UTM
17N 348706.4E 3526487.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
863VVC72+J7

Daylight in Hazlehurst

At 31.86° N, Hazlehurst gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hazlehurst

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Baxley, 16.2 miles away, with 4,943 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hazlehurst, GA?

4,124 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (0.9%) from 4,087 in July 2020.

What county is Hazlehurst in?

Jeff Davis County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hazlehurst?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31539.

How far is Hazlehurst from Atlanta?

166.6 miles (268.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Hazlehurst.

What is the nearest larger city to Hazlehurst?

Baxley, GA, with 4,943 residents, 16.2 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.