Georgia · Census place 1355468
Nicholson, Georgia
Nicholson is a city in Jackson County, Georgia with an estimated 1,918 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 248th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,918
- #248 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +5.0%
- +92 people
- Land area
- 4.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 484 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Nicholson population, 2020 to 2024
Nicholson added 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +36.
Nicholson covers 3.96 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 484 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Nicholson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nicholson is in
All of Nicholson's residents live in Jackson County, which had 93,825 residents in 2024. Nicholson holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nicholson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nicholson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30565. 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 Nicholson is
The Census internal point of Nicholson is at 34.116600, -83.425100. Atlanta, the capital, is 60.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arcade, GA (2,021 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA, 11.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 34.116600, -83.425100
- DMS
- 34°06'59.76"N 83°25'30.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 276328.8E 3777740.4N
- Geohash
- dnhdjdexw
- Plus code
- 866R4H8F+JX
Daylight in Nicholson
At 34.12° N, Nicholson 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 Nicholson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Arcade, 6.6 miles away, with 2,021 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nicholson, GA?
1,918 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 92 (5.0%) from 1,826 in July 2020.
What county is Nicholson in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nicholson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30565.
How far is Nicholson from Atlanta?
60.8 miles (97.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Nicholson.
What is the nearest larger city to Nicholson?
Arcade, GA, with 2,021 residents, 6.6 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.