Georgia · Census place 1352304

Montezuma, Georgia

Montezuma is a city in Macon County, Georgia with an estimated 2,903 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 209th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,903
#209 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-4.5%
-136 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
635 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Montezuma. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Montezuma population, 2020 to 2024

Montezuma lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

3,03920203,01720212,96320222,90320232,9032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,058. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montezuma covers 4.57 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 635 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Montezuma is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montezuma is in

All of Montezuma's residents live in Macon County, which had 11,831 residents in 2024. Montezuma holds 24.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montezuma

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montezuma by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31063. 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 Montezuma is

The Census internal point of Montezuma is at 32.297200, -84.019100. Atlanta, the capital, is 102.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Unadilla, GA (3,200 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 40.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.297200, -84.019100
DMS
32°17'49.92"N 84°01'8.76"W
UTM
16N 780704.7E 3577282.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
864Q7XWJ+V9

Daylight in Montezuma

At 32.30° N, Montezuma gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montezuma

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Unadilla, 16.8 miles away, with 3,200 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montezuma, GA?

2,903 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 136 (4.5%) from 3,039 in July 2020.

What county is Montezuma in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Montezuma?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31063.

How far is Montezuma from Atlanta?

102.6 miles (165.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Montezuma.

What is the nearest larger city to Montezuma?

Unadilla, GA, with 3,200 residents, 16.8 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.