Georgia · Census place 1377652

Tucker, Georgia

Tucker is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia with an estimated 37,224 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
37,224
#32 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+65 people
Land area
20.2 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,841 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Tucker. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Tucker population, 2020 to 2024

Tucker added 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 148 Georgia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 116th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Georgia has 16,252 people, so Tucker is 2.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 37,119. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tucker covers 20.22 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,841 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Tucker is denser than the typical town.

What county Tucker is in

All of Tucker's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 770,307 residents in 2024. Tucker holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tucker

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tucker by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30083, 30084, 30087. 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 Tucker is

The Census internal point of Tucker is at 33.845200, -84.202100. Atlanta, the capital, is 12.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookhaven, GA (59,370 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sandy Springs, GA, 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.845200, -84.202100
DMS
33°50'42.72"N 84°12'7.56"W
UTM
16N 758887.1E 3748514.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
865QRQWX+35

Daylight in Tucker

At 33.85° N, Tucker 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 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tucker

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarkston, 3.2 miles away, with 14,416 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tucker, GA?

37,224 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 65 (0.2%) from 37,159 in July 2020.

What county is Tucker in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tucker?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 30083, 30084, 30087.

How far is Tucker from Atlanta?

12.6 miles (20.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Tucker.

What is the nearest larger city to Tucker?

Brookhaven, GA, with 59,370 residents, 7.9 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.