Georgia · Census place 1344508

Lake City, Georgia

Lake City is a city in Clayton County, Georgia with an estimated 2,889 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 210th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,889
#210 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-68 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
1,562 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Lake City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Lake City population, 2020 to 2024

Lake City lost 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,962. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake City covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 1,562 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Lake City is denser than the typical town.

What county Lake City is in

All of Lake City's residents live in Clayton County, which had 297,703 residents in 2024. Lake City holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30260. 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 Lake City is

The Census internal point of Lake City is at 33.606500, -84.341200. Atlanta, the capital, is 10.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest Park, GA (19,301 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Atlanta, GA, 11.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.606500, -84.341200
DMS
33°36'23.40"N 84°20'28.32"W
UTM
16N 746695.3E 3721696.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
865QJM45+JG

Daylight in Lake City

At 33.61° N, Lake City gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Forest Park, 1.4 miles away, with 19,301 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake City, GA?

2,889 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 68 (2.3%) from 2,957 in July 2020.

What county is Lake City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30260.

How far is Lake City from Atlanta?

10.2 miles (16.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lake City.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake City?

Forest Park, GA, with 19,301 residents, 1.4 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.