Thomson, Georgia

Thomson population, 2020 to 2024

Thomson lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -89. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Thomson is 42% of it.

Thomson covers 4.80 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,415 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Thomson is denser than the typical town.

What county Thomson is in

All of Thomson's residents live in McDuffie County, which had 21,764 residents in 2024. Thomson holds 31.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thomson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Thomson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30824. 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 Thomson is

The Census internal point of Thomson is at 33.469300, -82.495100. Atlanta, the capital, is 110.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grovetown, GA (17,843 people), 16.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA, 25.4 miles away.

Daylight in Thomson

At 33.47° N, Thomson gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Thomson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Harlem, 10.6 miles away, with 4,076 people.