Georgia · Census place 1359808
Pearson, Georgia
Pearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia with an estimated 1,898 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 249th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,898
- #249 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +71 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Density
- 567 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Pearson population, 2020 to 2024
Pearson added 71 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +51.
Pearson covers 3.35 square miles of land, for 567 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Pearson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pearson is in
All of Pearson's residents live in Atkinson County, which had 8,435 residents in 2024. Pearson holds 22.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pearson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pearson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31642. 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 Pearson is
The Census internal point of Pearson is at 31.297200, -82.854000. Atlanta, the capital, is 191.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Douglas, GA (11,828 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL, 97.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.297200, -82.854000
- DMS
- 31°17'49.92"N 82°51'14.40"W
- UTM
- 17N 323542.9E 3464023.3N
- Geohash
- djt4497x3
- Plus code
- 863V74WW+VC
Daylight in Pearson
At 31.30° N, Pearson gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pearson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Willacoochee, 11.5 miles away, with 1,258 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pearson, GA?
1,898 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 71 (3.9%) from 1,827 in July 2020.
What county is Pearson in?
Atkinson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pearson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31642.
How far is Pearson from Atlanta?
191.5 miles (308.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Pearson.
What is the nearest larger city to Pearson?
Douglas, GA, with 11,828 residents, 14.4 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.
- 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.