300 cities
| City | Rank | Annual Change ↓ | 2025 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mableton | 1 | 83.63% | 78,614 | 77,114 |
| Hoschton | 2 | 14.74% | 7,714 | 2,758 |
| Emerson | 3 | 8.49% | 2,378 | 1,445 |
| Homer | 4 | 7.4% | 1,944 | 1,273 |
| Oakwood | 5 | 7.09% | 7,238 | 4,842 |
| Cumming | 6 | 6.92% | 10,879 | 7,359 |
| Port Wentworth | 7 | 6.63% | 15,851 | 10,918 |
| Ball Ground | 8 | 6.43% | 3,524 | 2,457 |
| Watkinsville | 9 | 6.36% | 4,145 | 2,904 |
| Auburn | 10 | 6.27% | 10,727 | 7,560 |
| Guyton | 11 | 5.72% | 3,234 | 2,356 |
| Flowery Branch | 12 | 5.65% | 12,986 | 9,516 |
| Dawsonville | 13 | 5.6% | 5,148 | 3,783 |
| Jasper | 14 | 5.56% | 5,583 | 4,111 |
| Locust Grove | 15 | 5.45% | 12,389 | 9,187 |
| Braselton | 16 | 5.42% | 18,333 | 13,615 |
| Temple | 17 | 5.14% | 6,735 | 5,088 |
| Walnut Grove | 18 | 4.91% | 1,730 | 1,323 |
| Jefferson | 19 | 4.68% | 17,229 | 13,376 |
| Lovejoy | 20 | 4.64% | 13,197 | 10,271 |
| Pooler | 21 | 4.4% | 32,544 | 25,678 |
| Senoia | 22 | 4.38% | 6,368 | 5,032 |
| Holly Springs | 23 | 4.27% | 20,993 | 16,692 |
| Tennille | 24 | 4.17% | 1,923 | 1,537 |
| Brooklet | 25 | 4.12% | 2,148 | 1,723 |
| Darien | 26 | 4.06% | 1,818 | 1,463 |
| Springfield | 27 | 4% | 3,352 | 2,705 |
| Ludowici | 28 | 4% | 1,874 | 1,512 |
| Loganville | 29 | 3.91% | 17,522 | 14,222 |
| Perry | 30 | 3.89% | 25,756 | 20,933 |
| Maysville | 31 | 3.88% | 2,327 | 1,892 |
| Cornelia | 32 | 3.87% | 5,579 | 4,536 |
| Richmond Hill | 33 | 3.84% | 20,600 | 16,794 |
| Commerce | 34 | 3.69% | 9,128 | 7,502 |
| Doraville | 35 | 3.65% | 12,890 | 10,617 |
| Douglasville | 36 | 3.55% | 41,979 | 34,781 |
| Villa Rica | 37 | 3.54% | 20,807 | 17,247 |
| Monticello | 38 | 3.5% | 3,073 | 2,553 |
| Chattahoochee Hills | 39 | 3.48% | 3,571 | 2,971 |
| Powder Springs | 40 | 3.46% | 20,311 | 16,914 |
| Dacula | 41 | 3.45% | 8,295 | 6,908 |
| Mount Zion | 42 | 3.41% | 2,124 | 1,774 |
| Conyers | 43 | 3.38% | 20,791 | 17,389 |
| Madison | 44 | 3.31% | 5,301 | 4,449 |
| Calhoun | 45 | 3.22% | 20,222 | 17,071 |
| Canton | 46 | 3.06% | 39,213 | 33,393 |
| Clarkesville | 47 | 3.06% | 2,225 | 1,895 |
| Baldwin | 48 | 3.04% | 4,345 | 3,703 |
| Sugar Hill | 49 | 3.02% | 29,463 | 25,135 |
| Kingsland | 50 | 3% | 21,412 | 18,297 |
| Statham | 51 | 2.99% | 3,344 | 2,858 |
| Lilburn | 52 | 2.99% | 16,694 | 14,273 |
| Union Point | 53 | 2.9% | 1,883 | 1,615 |
| Harlem | 54 | 2.89% | 4,194 | 3,603 |
| Kennesaw | 55 | 2.89% | 38,832 | 33,371 |
| Gainesville | 56 | 2.89% | 49,089 | 42,202 |
| Grayson | 57 | 2.8% | 5,399 | 4,662 |
| Winder | 58 | 2.69% | 21,183 | 18,405 |
| Grovetown | 59 | 2.69% | 18,323 | 15,923 |
| Woodstock | 60 | 2.63% | 40,417 | 35,234 |
| McDonough | 61 | 2.62% | 33,664 | 29,356 |
| Hiram | 62 | 2.55% | 5,661 | 4,953 |
| Forsyth | 63 | 2.45% | 5,015 | 4,412 |
| Byron | 64 | 2.38% | 6,455 | 5,703 |
| Clermont | 65 | 2.28% | 1,167 | 1,036 |
| Suwanee | 66 | 2.21% | 23,572 | 21,021 |
| Hampton | 67 | 2.14% | 9,398 | 8,413 |
| Centerville | 68 | 2.13% | 9,213 | 8,251 |
| Pendergrass | 69 | 2.05% | 1,894 | 1,704 |
| Buford | 70 | 2.03% | 19,021 | 17,123 |
| Pembroke | 71 | 2% | 2,799 | 2,524 |
| St. Marys | 72 | 1.97% | 20,515 | 18,534 |
| LaGrange | 73 | 1.96% | 34,221 | 30,933 |
| Zebulon | 74 | 1.95% | 1,356 | 1,225 |
| Snellville | 75 | 1.95% | 22,771 | 20,596 |
| Bloomingdale | 76 | 1.94% | 3,160 | 2,857 |
| Monroe | 77 | 1.91% | 16,581 | 15,024 |
| Warrenton | 78 | 1.91% | 1,923 | 1,743 |
| Social Circle | 79 | 1.9% | 5,518 | 5,002 |
| Cartersville | 80 | 1.86% | 25,548 | 23,218 |
| Norcross | 81 | 1.79% | 19,241 | 17,544 |
| Covington | 82 | 1.73% | 15,567 | 14,239 |
| Walthourville | 83 | 1.72% | 4,013 | 3,673 |
| Fayetteville | 84 | 1.72% | 20,770 | 19,015 |
| Porterdale | 85 | 1.7% | 1,974 | 1,807 |
| Twin City | 86 | 1.7% | 1,797 | 1,646 |
| Mount Airy | 87 | 1.67% | 1,518 | 1,393 |
| Lula | 88 | 1.64% | 3,093 | 2,843 |
| Chamblee | 89 | 1.63% | 32,848 | 30,212 |
| Warner Robins | 90 | 1.63% | 87,604 | 80,579 |
| Richland | 91 | 1.59% | 1,472 | 1,355 |
| Comer | 92 | 1.54% | 1,651 | 1,525 |
| Dallas | 93 | 1.52% | 15,291 | 14,144 |
| Hamilton | 94 | 1.5% | 1,826 | 1,688 |
| Newnan | 95 | 1.49% | 46,226 | 42,835 |
| Arcade | 96 | 1.48% | 2,051 | 1,899 |
| Peachtree City | 97 | 1.46% | 41,355 | 38,369 |
| Rincon | 98 | 1.44% | 11,870 | 11,022 |
| Davisboro | 99 | 1.39% | 1,973 | 1,836 |
| Ellijay | 100 | 1.35% | 1,949 | 1,819 |
| Bremen | 101 | 1.35% | 7,750 | 7,235 |
| Jackson | 102 | 1.35% | 5,946 | 5,549 |
| Carrollton | 103 | 1.33% | 28,683 | 26,797 |
| Grantville | 104 | 1.28% | 3,323 | 3,110 |
| Hartwell | 105 | 1.28% | 4,761 | 4,458 |
| Statesboro | 106 | 1.25% | 35,666 | 33,464 |
| Pine Mountain | 107 | 1.24% | 1,304 | 1,224 |
| Midway | 108 | 1.23% | 2,387 | 2,239 |
| Austell | 109 | 1.23% | 8,345 | 7,840 |
| Nicholson | 110 | 1.2% | 1,941 | 1,826 |
| Clayton | 111 | 1.2% | 2,115 | 1,990 |
| Lakeland | 112 | 1.19% | 3,068 | 2,886 |
| Hahira | 113 | 1.18% | 3,601 | 3,389 |
| Enigma | 114 | 1.17% | 1,125 | 1,058 |
| Eatonton | 115 | 1.13% | 6,716 | 6,339 |
| Bogart | 116 | 1.12% | 1,358 | 1,283 |
| Brookhaven | 117 | 1.09% | 60,018 | 56,777 |
| Blackshear | 118 | 1.07% | 3,697 | 3,499 |
| Lawrenceville | 119 | 1.04% | 32,210 | 30,542 |
| Morgan | 120 | 1.04% | 1,845 | 1,747 |
| Jesup | 121 | 1.04% | 10,341 | 9,811 |
| Georgetown-Quitman County | 122 | 1.03% | 2,347 | 2,224 |
| Hinesville | 123 | 1.03% | 36,960 | 35,073 |
| Folkston | 124 | 1.02% | 4,749 | 4,507 |
| Fairburn | 125 | 1.02% | 17,443 | 16,563 |
| Union City | 126 | 0.99% | 28,473 | 27,082 |
| Dahlonega | 127 | 0.97% | 7,906 | 7,526 |
| Tyrone | 128 | 0.97% | 8,116 | 7,726 |
| Atlanta | 129 | 0.96% | 525,088 | 499,998 |
| Mableton | 130 | 0.95% | 43,217 | 77,114 |
| Abbeville | 131 | 0.91% | 2,871 | 2,739 |
| Duluth | 132 | 0.9% | 33,457 | 31,955 |
| Barnesville | 133 | 0.9% | 6,400 | 6,114 |
| Pearson | 134 | 0.9% | 1,915 | 1,827 |
| Bowdon | 135 | 0.89% | 2,258 | 2,155 |
| Aragon | 136 | 0.86% | 1,516 | 1,448 |
| South Fulton | 137 | 0.84% | 112,943 | 108,241 |
| Marietta | 138 | 0.83% | 63,643 | 61,036 |
| Adel | 139 | 0.82% | 5,799 | 5,563 |
| Rockmart | 140 | 0.81% | 5,327 | 5,112 |
| Chickamauga | 141 | 0.8% | 3,038 | 2,918 |
| Stonecrest | 142 | 0.71% | 61,451 | 59,269 |
| Unadilla | 143 | 0.69% | 3,222 | 3,112 |
| Adairsville | 144 | 0.68% | 5,063 | 4,891 |
| Fort Oglethorpe | 145 | 0.66% | 10,684 | 10,332 |
| Broxton | 146 | 0.65% | 1,083 | 1,047 |
| Fort Valley | 147 | 0.63% | 9,080 | 8,793 |
| Elberton | 148 | 0.63% | 4,790 | 4,640 |
| Toccoa | 149 | 0.62% | 9,447 | 9,155 |
| Leesburg | 150 | 0.62% | 3,596 | 3,485 |
| Cave Spring | 151 | 0.58% | 1,222 | 1,185 |
| Palmetto | 152 | 0.58% | 5,243 | 5,090 |
| Griffin | 153 | 0.56% | 24,129 | 23,451 |
| Rome | 154 | 0.56% | 38,965 | 37,874 |
| Cleveland | 155 | 0.56% | 3,603 | 3,501 |
| Hapeville | 156 | 0.55% | 6,749 | 6,564 |
| Wrightsville | 157 | 0.54% | 3,562 | 3,466 |
| Varnell | 158 | 0.52% | 2,301 | 2,241 |
| Franklin Springs | 159 | 0.51% | 1,187 | 1,154 |
| Hawkinsville | 160 | 0.49% | 4,878 | 4,757 |
| Jonesboro | 161 | 0.49% | 6,114 | 5,961 |
| Alpharetta | 162 | 0.49% | 67,602 | 65,966 |
| Boston | 163 | 0.49% | 1,241 | 1,211 |
| Brunswick | 164 | 0.48% | 15,595 | 15,219 |
| Smyrna | 165 | 0.44% | 57,429 | 56,167 |
| Nelson | 166 | 0.43% | 1,176 | 1,151 |
| Tifton | 167 | 0.41% | 17,457 | 17,097 |
| Soperton | 168 | 0.41% | 2,945 | 2,882 |
| Dalton | 169 | 0.39% | 35,106 | 34,424 |
| Nahunta | 170 | 0.39% | 1,040 | 1,018 |
| Mableton | 171 | 0.38% | 78,614 | 77,114 |
| Cedartown | 172 | 0.38% | 10,352 | 10,157 |
| Lavonia | 173 | 0.37% | 2,173 | 2,132 |
| Gray | 174 | 0.37% | 3,554 | 3,488 |
| LaFayette | 175 | 0.33% | 7,051 | 6,936 |
| Willacoochee | 176 | 0.32% | 1,262 | 1,241 |
| Vidalia | 177 | 0.31% | 10,887 | 10,715 |
| Garden City | 178 | 0.31% | 10,569 | 10,404 |
| Reidsville | 179 | 0.31% | 2,563 | 2,521 |
| Homerville | 180 | 0.3% | 2,364 | 2,329 |
| Baxley | 181 | 0.28% | 4,957 | 4,887 |
| Chatsworth | 182 | 0.28% | 4,957 | 4,886 |
| Athens | 183 | 0.28% | 129,054 | 127,239 |
| Demorest | 184 | 0.27% | 2,195 | 2,162 |
| Chester | 185 | 0.27% | 1,483 | 1,460 |
| McCaysville | 186 | 0.26% | 1,168 | 1,151 |
| Tybee Island | 187 | 0.25% | 3,147 | 3,106 |
| Douglas | 188 | 0.25% | 11,858 | 11,707 |
| Donalsonville | 189 | 0.24% | 2,871 | 2,833 |
| Moultrie | 190 | 0.24% | 14,791 | 14,614 |
| Peachtree Corners | 191 | 0.23% | 42,736 | 42,245 |
| Savannah | 192 | 0.22% | 149,136 | 147,494 |
| Hazlehurst | 193 | 0.22% | 4,133 | 4,087 |
| Acworth | 194 | 0.22% | 22,673 | 22,428 |
| Trenton | 195 | 0.18% | 2,209 | 2,189 |
| Lookout Mountain | 196 | 0.18% | 1,660 | 1,643 |
| Bainbridge | 197 | 0.18% | 14,612 | 14,482 |
| Millen | 198 | 0.17% | 2,985 | 2,957 |
| Manchester | 199 | 0.17% | 3,630 | 3,598 |
| East Dublin | 200 | 0.16% | 2,511 | 2,491 |
| Sylvania | 201 | 0.15% | 2,659 | 2,637 |
| Royston | 202 | 0.15% | 2,669 | 2,649 |
| Summerville | 203 | 0.14% | 4,427 | 4,395 |
| Valdosta | 204 | 0.11% | 55,727 | 55,424 |
| Stockbridge | 205 | 0.11% | 35,931 | 35,740 |
| Dublin | 206 | 0.1% | 16,250 | 16,163 |
| Trion | 207 | 0.1% | 1,974 | 1,963 |
| Sparks | 208 | 0.1% | 2,070 | 2,058 |
| Dunwoody | 209 | 0.09% | 51,844 | 51,596 |
| Oxford | 210 | 0.09% | 2,312 | 2,300 |
| College Park | 211 | 0.08% | 13,964 | 13,907 |
| Omega | 212 | 0.08% | 1,325 | 1,320 |
| Thomaston | 213 | 0.06% | 9,856 | 9,824 |
| Nashville | 214 | 0.06% | 4,953 | 4,935 |
| Ringgold | 215 | 0.06% | 3,427 | 3,417 |
| Milton | 216 | 0.06% | 41,513 | 41,398 |
| Tucker | 217 | 0.04% | 37,240 | 37,159 |
| Metter | 218 | 0.02% | 4,022 | 4,016 |
| Lyons | 219 | 0.02% | 4,254 | 4,247 |
| Macon-Bibb County | 220 | 0% | 157,060 | 157,038 |
| Hephzibah | 221 | 0% | 3,827 | 3,825 |
| Thomson | 222 | -0.03% | 6,790 | 6,800 |
| Vienna | 223 | -0.03% | 2,913 | 2,916 |
| Augusta | 224 | -0.04% | 201,663 | 202,031 |
| Quitman | 225 | -0.05% | 4,059 | 4,067 |
| Winterville | 226 | -0.08% | 1,195 | 1,200 |
| East Point | 227 | -0.09% | 38,237 | 38,400 |
| Rochelle | 228 | -0.09% | 1,154 | 1,156 |
| Swainsboro | 229 | -0.09% | 7,549 | 7,582 |
| Berkeley Lake | 230 | -0.1% | 2,028 | 2,037 |
| Buena Vista | 231 | -0.13% | 1,584 | 1,591 |
| Echols County | 232 | -0.16% | 3,692 | 3,721 |
| Resaca | 233 | -0.18% | 1,135 | 1,145 |
| Roswell | 234 | -0.19% | 92,049 | 92,939 |
| Thunderbolt | 235 | -0.2% | 2,531 | 2,553 |
| Rossville | 236 | -0.23% | 3,933 | 3,975 |
| Avondale Estates | 237 | -0.26% | 3,517 | 3,559 |
| Hogansville | 238 | -0.28% | 3,213 | 3,255 |
| Ashburn | 239 | -0.28% | 4,227 | 4,286 |
| Woodbine | 240 | -0.28% | 1,051 | 1,065 |
| Cairo | 241 | -0.29% | 10,028 | 10,173 |
| Blue Ridge | 242 | -0.32% | 1,242 | 1,260 |
| Thomasville | 243 | -0.35% | 18,538 | 18,867 |
| Greensboro | 244 | -0.36% | 3,560 | 3,625 |
| Webster County | 245 | -0.43% | 2,305 | 2,352 |
| Decatur | 246 | -0.43% | 24,376 | 24,904 |
| Johns Creek | 247 | -0.44% | 80,812 | 82,585 |
| Tallapoosa | 248 | -0.44% | 3,150 | 3,220 |
| Waycross | 249 | -0.48% | 13,606 | 13,928 |
| Alma | 250 | -0.48% | 3,346 | 3,423 |
| Fitzgerald | 251 | -0.52% | 8,767 | 8,997 |
| Milledgeville | 252 | -0.55% | 16,573 | 17,027 |
| Stone Mountain | 253 | -0.55% | 6,516 | 6,693 |
| Clarkston | 254 | -0.55% | 14,336 | 14,733 |
| Lake City | 255 | -0.59% | 2,872 | 2,957 |
| Ivey | 256 | -0.59% | 1,003 | 1,032 |
| West Point | 257 | -0.61% | 3,580 | 3,688 |
| Remerton | 258 | -0.62% | 1,290 | 1,329 |
| Forest Park | 259 | -0.62% | 19,181 | 19,778 |
| Sandy Springs | 260 | -0.64% | 104,828 | 108,212 |
| Columbus | 261 | -0.64% | 200,533 | 207,015 |
| Eastman | 262 | -0.65% | 5,477 | 5,655 |
| Butler | 263 | -0.66% | 1,815 | 1,873 |
| Sparta | 264 | -0.68% | 1,307 | 1,351 |
| Camilla | 265 | -0.7% | 4,994 | 5,167 |
| Claxton | 266 | -0.71% | 2,525 | 2,613 |
| Americus | 267 | -0.72% | 15,629 | 16,193 |
| Colquitt | 268 | -0.72% | 1,922 | 1,991 |
| Riverdale | 269 | -0.73% | 14,479 | 15,011 |
| Pelham | 270 | -0.74% | 3,360 | 3,485 |
| Lithonia | 271 | -0.77% | 2,561 | 2,658 |
| Gordon | 272 | -0.81% | 1,706 | 1,773 |
| Washington | 273 | -0.83% | 3,593 | 3,741 |
| Glennville | 274 | -0.84% | 5,061 | 5,273 |
| Euharlee | 275 | -0.87% | 4,103 | 4,280 |
| Albany | 276 | -0.9% | 66,105 | 69,103 |
| Lincolnton | 277 | -0.91% | 1,418 | 1,482 |
| Sylvester | 278 | -0.92% | 5,363 | 5,613 |
| Blakely | 279 | -0.97% | 5,092 | 5,342 |
| Waynesboro | 280 | -1.04% | 5,497 | 5,787 |
| Cochran | 281 | -1.08% | 4,784 | 5,043 |
| Wadley | 282 | -1.08% | 1,559 | 1,641 |
| Cordele | 283 | -1.1% | 9,660 | 10,195 |
| Dawson | 284 | -1.15% | 4,132 | 4,372 |
| Montezuma | 285 | -1.17% | 2,869 | 3,039 |
| Ellaville | 286 | -1.19% | 1,495 | 1,585 |
| Morrow | 287 | -1.2% | 6,187 | 6,560 |
| Sandersville | 288 | -1.29% | 5,429 | 5,782 |
| Wrens | 289 | -1.38% | 2,070 | 2,214 |
| Edison | 290 | -1.38% | 1,141 | 1,219 |
| Cuthbert | 291 | -1.65% | 2,864 | 3,101 |
| Arlington | 292 | -1.67% | 1,118 | 1,211 |
| Louisville | 293 | -1.75% | 2,184 | 2,377 |
| Mount Vernon | 294 | -1.85% | 1,804 | 1,971 |
| Nicholls | 295 | -2.17% | 2,846 | 3,161 |
| Cusseta-Chattahoochee County | 296 | -2.74% | 8,314 | 9,481 |
| Alamo | 297 | -2.91% | 2,736 | 3,145 |
| Ocilla | 298 | -4.7% | 2,780 | 3,462 |
| McRae-Helena | 299 | -7.02% | 4,822 | 6,642 |
| Mableton | 300 | -44.82% | 43,217 | 77,114 |
Georgia's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Mableton leads with 83.63% annualized growth, followed by Hoschton (14.74%) and Emerson (8.49%). The largest population centers are Atlanta (525,088), Augusta (201,663), and Columbus (200,533). Of the 300 cities over 1,000 population, 221 are growing while 79 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged 1.25% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 3.44% annually.