Georgia · Census place 1368516
Sandy Springs, Georgia
Sandy Springs is a city in Fulton County, Georgia with an estimated 105,505 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 8th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 105,505
- #8 of 305 in Georgia
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -2,707 people
- Land area
- 37.7 sq mi
- + 0.89 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,798 / sq mi
- State median 1,234
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Sandy Springs population, 2020 to 2024
Sandy Springs lost 2,707 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -832. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Sandy Springs is 6.5 times that size.
Sandy Springs covers 37.71 square miles of land and 0.89 of water, for 2,798 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Sandy Springs is denser than the typical town.
What county Sandy Springs is in
All of Sandy Springs's residents live in Fulton County, which had 1,090,354 residents in 2024. Sandy Springs holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sandy Springs
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sandy Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30327, 30328, 30342, 30350. 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 Sandy Springs is
The Census internal point of Sandy Springs is at 33.931500, -84.368900. Atlanta, the capital, is 12.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlanta, GA (520,070 people), 12.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 338 m (1,109 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.931500, -84.368900
- DMS
- 33°55'53.40"N 84°22'8.04"W
- UTM
- 16N 743203.7E 3757679.3N
- Geohash
- dnh101h3q
- Plus code
- 865QWJJJ+JC
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Sandy Springs
At 33.93° N, Sandy Springs gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Sandy Springs daylight page.
Places near Sandy Springs
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Dunwoody, 3.3 miles away, with 51,795 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sandy Springs, GA?
105,505 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,707 (2.5%) from 108,212 in July 2020.
What county is Sandy Springs in?
Fulton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sandy Springs?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30327, 30328, 30342, 30350.
How far is Sandy Springs from Atlanta?
12.7 miles (20.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sandy Springs.
What is the nearest larger city to Sandy Springs?
Atlanta, GA, with 520,070 residents, 12.1 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.