Georgia · Census place 1341932

Jasper, Georgia

Jasper is a city in Pickens County, Georgia with an estimated 5,289 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,289
#139 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+28.7%
+1,178 people
Land area
8.6 sq mi
Density
616 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Jasper. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Jasper population, 2020 to 2024

Jasper added 1,178 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +28.7%. In the latest year it moved by +313. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Jasper is 33% of it.

4,11120204,25020214,52220224,97620235,2892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,097. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jasper covers 8.59 square miles of land, for 616 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Jasper is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jasper is in

All of Jasper's residents live in Pickens County, which had 36,580 residents in 2024. Jasper holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jasper

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jasper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30143, 30175. 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 Jasper is

The Census internal point of Jasper is at 34.466200, -84.435900. Atlanta, the capital, is 49.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canton, GA (38,049 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.466200, -84.435900
DMS
34°27'58.32"N 84°26'9.24"W
UTM
16N 735516.2E 3816832.8N
Geohash
dn5und7sh
Plus code
866QFH87+FJ

Daylight in Jasper

At 34.47° N, Jasper gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jasper

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Nelson, 7.3 miles away, with 1,171 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jasper, GA?

5,289 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,178 (28.7%) from 4,111 in July 2020.

What county is Jasper in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jasper?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30143, 30175.

How far is Jasper from Atlanta?

49.6 miles (79.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Jasper.

What is the nearest larger city to Jasper?

Canton, GA, with 38,049 residents, 15.5 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.