Jefferson, Georgia

Jefferson population, 2020 to 2024

Jefferson added 3,083 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +23.0%. In the latest year it moved by +703. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Jefferson is 1.0 times that size.

Jefferson covers 23.00 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 716 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Jefferson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jefferson is in

All of Jefferson's residents live in Jackson County, which had 93,825 residents in 2024. Jefferson holds 17.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jefferson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jefferson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30549. 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 Jefferson is

The Census internal point of Jefferson is at 34.136200, -83.602200. Atlanta, the capital, is 52.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winder, GA (20,628 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 18.5 miles away.

Daylight in Jefferson

At 34.14° N, Jefferson gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jefferson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pendergrass, 4.8 miles away, with 1,856 people.