Georgia · Census place 1376224

Thomasville, Georgia

Thomasville is a city in Thomas County, Georgia with an estimated 18,604 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,604
#66 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-263 people
Land area
15.0 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,239 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Thomasville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Thomasville population, 2020 to 2024

Thomasville lost 263 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +54. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Thomasville is 1.1 times that size.

18.9k202018.8k202118.4k202218.6k202318.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,874. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Thomasville covers 15.01 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,239 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Thomasville is close to the typical town.

What county Thomasville is in

All of Thomasville's residents live in Thomas County, which had 46,054 residents in 2024. Thomasville holds 40.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thomasville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thomasville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31792. 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 Thomasville is

The Census internal point of Thomasville is at 30.839400, -83.978800. Atlanta, the capital, is 202.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tallahassee, FL (205,089 people), 31.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.839400, -83.978800
DMS
30°50'21.84"N 83°58'43.68"W
UTM
17N 215088.9E 3415602.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
862RR2QC+QF

Daylight in Thomasville

At 30.84° N, Thomasville gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thomasville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Boston, 11.7 miles away, with 1,235 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Thomasville, GA?

18,604 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 263 (1.4%) from 18,867 in July 2020.

What county is Thomasville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Thomasville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 31792.

How far is Thomasville from Atlanta?

202.4 miles (325.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Thomasville.

What is the nearest larger city to Thomasville?

Tallahassee, FL, with 205,089 residents, 31.3 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.