Swainsboro, Georgia

Swainsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Swainsboro lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -75. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 121st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Swainsboro is 46% of it.

Swainsboro covers 12.58 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 601 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Swainsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Swainsboro is in

All of Swainsboro's residents live in Emanuel County, which had 23,224 residents in 2024. Swainsboro holds 32.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Swainsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swainsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30401. 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 Swainsboro is

The Census internal point of Swainsboro is at 32.585600, -82.334800. Atlanta, the capital, is 143.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vidalia, GA (10,853 people), 26.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 56.0 miles away.

Daylight in Swainsboro

At 32.59° N, Swainsboro gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Swainsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Twin City, 10.2 miles away, with 1,767 people.