Savannah, Georgia

Savannah population, 2020 to 2024

Savannah added 1,314 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +475. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Savannah is 9.2 times that size.

Savannah covers 109.44 square miles of land and 4.79 of water, for 1,360 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Savannah is denser than the typical town.

What county Savannah is in

All of Savannah's residents live in Chatham County, which had 307,336 residents in 2024. Savannah holds 48.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Savannah

11 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Savannah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31302, 31401, 31404, 31405, 31406, 31407, 31408, 31409, 31415, 31419, 31421. 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 Savannah is

The Census internal point of Savannah is at 32.018000, -81.196500. Atlanta, the capital, is 220.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charleston, SC (157,665 people), 90.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is North Charleston, SC, 90.7 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Savannah

At 32.02° N, Savannah gets about 14 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 12 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 Savannah daylight page.

Places near Savannah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden City, 4.9 miles away, with 10,536 people.