Georgia · Census place 1344592
Lakeland, Georgia
Lakeland is a city in Lanier County, Georgia with an estimated 3,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 200th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,032
- #200 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +5.1%
- +146 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 978 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Lakeland population, 2020 to 2024
Lakeland added 146 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +20.
Lakeland covers 3.10 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 978 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Lakeland is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lakeland is in
All of Lakeland's residents live in Lanier County, which had 10,464 residents in 2024. Lakeland holds 29.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lakeland
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakeland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31635. 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 Lakeland is
The Census internal point of Lakeland is at 31.040800, -83.074700. Atlanta, the capital, is 202.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville, GA (4,950 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 80.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.040800, -83.074700
- DMS
- 31°02'26.88"N 83°04'28.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 302000.5E 3435972.6N
- Geohash
- djsbtdfcg
- Plus code
- 863R2WRG+84
Daylight in Lakeland
At 31.04° N, Lakeland gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lakeland
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ray City, 7.2 miles away, with 1,045 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lakeland, GA?
3,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 146 (5.1%) from 2,886 in July 2020.
What county is Lakeland in?
Lanier County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lakeland?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31635.
How far is Lakeland from Atlanta?
202.2 miles (325.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Lakeland.
What is the nearest larger city to Lakeland?
Nashville, GA, with 4,950 residents, 15.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.