Jackson, Georgia

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson added 318 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.7%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 61st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Jackson is 36% of it.

Jackson covers 6.08 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 965 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Jackson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Butts County, which had 27,127 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 21.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jackson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30233. 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 Jackson is

The Census internal point of Jackson is at 33.292400, -83.967800. Atlanta, the capital, is 39.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Locust Grove, GA (11,749 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 37.0 miles away.

Daylight in Jackson

At 33.29° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jackson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Locust Grove, 8.7 miles away, with 11,749 people.