Kennesaw, Georgia

Kennesaw population, 2020 to 2024

Kennesaw added 4,369 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2,849. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Kennesaw is 2.3 times that size.

Kennesaw covers 9.77 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 3,863 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Kennesaw is denser than the typical town.

What county Kennesaw is in

All of Kennesaw's residents live in Cobb County, which had 787,538 residents in 2024. Kennesaw holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kennesaw

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kennesaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30144, 30152. 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 Kennesaw is

The Census internal point of Kennesaw is at 34.027200, -84.617100. Atlanta, the capital, is 23.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marietta, GA (63,122 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 15.7 miles away.

Daylight in Kennesaw

At 34.03° N, Kennesaw gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kennesaw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Acworth, 4.4 miles away, with 22,624 people.