Georgia · Census place 1360340

Perry, Georgia

Perry is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 24,792 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 47th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,792
#47 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+18.4%
+3,859 people
Land area
28.5 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
869 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Perry. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Perry population, 2020 to 2024

Perry added 3,859 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.4%. In the latest year it moved by +769. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Perry is 1.5 times that size.

20.9k202022.2k202123.5k202224.0k202324.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,613. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Perry covers 28.54 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 869 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Perry is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Perry spans

Perry crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 24,792 residents as follows; Houston County holds 99.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Houston County24,686
  2. 02Peach County106
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Perry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Perry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31069. 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 Perry is

The Census internal point of Perry is at 32.473700, -83.727800. Atlanta, the capital, is 96.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warner Robins, GA (86,199 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA, 23.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.473700, -83.727800
DMS
32°28'25.32"N 83°43'40.08"W
UTM
17N 243636.9E 3596221.8N
Geohash
dju2wxxm0
Plus code
864RF7FC+FV

Daylight in Perry

At 32.47° N, Perry gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Perry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Warner Robins, 9.6 miles away, with 86,199 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Perry, GA?

24,792 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,859 (18.4%) from 20,933 in July 2020.

What county is Perry in?

It spans 2 counties: Houston County (24,686 residents), Peach County (106 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Perry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31069.

How far is Perry from Atlanta?

96.0 miles (154.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Perry.

What is the nearest larger city to Perry?

Warner Robins, GA, with 86,199 residents, 9.6 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.

  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.