Georgia · Census place 1363224

Quitman, Georgia

Quitman is a city in Brooks County, Georgia with an estimated 4,061 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 167th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,061
#167 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-6 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
983 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Quitman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Quitman population, 2020 to 2024

Quitman lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

4,06720204,05420214,07120224,05520234,0612024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,077. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Quitman covers 4.13 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 983 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Quitman is less dense than the typical town.

What county Quitman is in

All of Quitman's residents live in Brooks County, which had 16,344 residents in 2024. Quitman holds 24.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Quitman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Quitman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31643. 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 Quitman is

The Census internal point of Quitman is at 30.784500, -83.560500. Atlanta, the capital, is 210.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valdosta, GA (55,667 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tallahassee, FL, 47.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.784500, -83.560500
DMS
30°47'4.20"N 83°33'37.80"W
UTM
17N 254972.1E 3408522.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
862RQCMQ+RR

Daylight in Quitman

At 30.78° N, Quitman gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Quitman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Boston, 13.6 miles away, with 1,235 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Quitman, GA?

4,061 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.1%) from 4,067 in July 2020.

What county is Quitman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Quitman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31643.

How far is Quitman from Atlanta?

210.5 miles (338.7 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Quitman.

What is the nearest larger city to Quitman?

Valdosta, GA, with 55,667 residents, 17.3 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.

  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.