| Population for Cities 1960 to 2000 Census | ||||||
| City | County Location | 2000 Census | 1990 Census | 1980 Census | 1970 Census | 1960 Census |
| Abbeville | Wilcox | 2,298 | 919 | 985 | 781 | 872 |
| Acworth | Cobb | 13,422 | 4,519 | 3,648 | 3,929 | 2,359 |
| Adairsville | Bartow | 2,542 | 2,131 | 1,739 | 1,676 | 1,026 |
| Adel | Cook | 5,307 | 5,093 | 5,592 | 4,972 | 4,321 |
| Adrian | Emanuel, Johnson | 579 | 615 | 756 | 705 | 568 |
| Ailey | Montgomery | 394 | 579 | 579 | 487 | 469 |
| Alamo | Wheeler | 1,943 | 855 | 993 | 833 | 822 |
| Alahapa | Berrien | 682 | 812 | 771 | 633 | 631 |
| Albany | Dougherty | 76,939 | 78,804 | 73,934 | 72,623 | 55,890 |
| Aldora | Lamar | 98 | 127 | 139 | 322 | 535 |
| Allenhurst | Liberty | 788 | 594 | 606 | 230 | |
| Allentown | Wilkinson, Twiggs, Laurens | 287 | 273 | 321 | 295 | 255 |
| Alma | Bacon | 3,236 | 3,663 | 3,819 | 3,756 | 3,515 |
| Alpharetta | Fulton | 34,854 | 13,002 | 3,128 | 2,455 | 1,349 |
| Alston | Montgomery | 159 | 160 | 111 | 104 | 154 |
| Alto | Habersham, Banks | 876 | 651 | 618 | 372 | 275 |
| Ambrose | Coffee | 320 | 288 | 360 | 253 | 244 |
| Americus | Sumter | 17,013 | 16,516 | 16,120 | 16,091 | 13,472 |
| Andersonville | Sumter | 331 | 277 | 267 | 274 | 263 |
| Arabi | Crisp | 456 | 433 | 376 | 305 | 303 |
| Aragon | Polk | 1,039 | 902 | 855 | ||
| Arcade | Jackson | 1,643 | 697 | 223 | 229 | 108 |
| Argyle | Clinch | 151 | 206 | 206 | 206 | 225 |
| Arlington | Early, Calhoun | 1,602 | 1,513 | 1,572 | 1,698 | 1,462 |
| Arnoldsville | Oglethorpe | 312 | 275 | 187 | 107 | |
| Ashburn | Turner | 4,419 | 4,827 | 4,766 | 4,209 | 3,291 |
| Athens | Clarke | 100,266 | 86,522 | 42,549 | 44,342 | 31,355 |
| Atlanta | Fulton, DeKalb | 416,474 | 393,929 | 425,022 | 496,973 | 487,455 |
| Attapulgus | Decatur | 492 | 380 | 623 | 513 | 567 |
| Auburn | Barrow | 6,904 | 3,139 | 692 | 361 | 374 |
| Augusta | Richmond | 195,182 | 44,639 | 47,532 | 59,864 | 70,626 |
| Austell | Cobb, Douglas | 5,359 | 4,173 | 3,939 | 2,632 | 1,867 |
| Avalon | Stephens | 278 | 159 | 200 | 204 | 194 |
| Avera | Jefferson | 217 | 215 | 248 | 217 | 197 |
| Avondale Estates | DeKalb | 2,609 | 2,209 | 1,313 | 1,735 | 1,646 |
| Baconton | Mitchell | 804 | 623 | 763 | 710 | 564 |
| Bainbridge | Decatur | 11,722 | 10,803 | 10,553 | 10,887 | 12,714 |
| Baldwin | Habersham, Banks | 2,425 | 1,439 | 1,080 | 772 | 698 |
| Ball Ground | Cherokee | 730 | 905 | 640 | 617 | 707 |
| Barnesville | Lamar | 5,972 | 4,747 | 4,887 | 4,935 | 4,919 |
| Bartow | Jefferson | 223 | 292 | 357 | 333 | 366 |
| Barwick | Thomas, Brooks | 444 | 385 | 413 | 381 | 400 |
| Baxley | Appling | 4,150 | 3,810 | 3,586 | 3,503 | 4,268 |
| Bellville | Evans | 130 | 192 | 173 | 234 | |
| Berkeley Lake | Gwinnett | 1,695 | 791 | 503 | 219 | 94 |
| Berlin | Colquitt | 595 | 480 | 538 | 422 | 419 |
| Bethlehem | Barrow | 716 | 348 | 281 | 304 | 297 |
| Between | Walton | 148 | 82 | 87 | 94 | 80 |
| Bibb City | Muscogee | 510 | 597 | 667 | 812 | 1,213 |
| Bishop | Oconee | 146 | 158 | 172 | 235 | 214 |
| Blackshear | Pierce | 3,283 | 3,263 | 3,222 | 2,624 | 2,482 |
| Blairsville | Union | 659 | 564 | 530 | 491 | 437 |
| Blakely | Early | 5,696 | 5,595 | 5,880 | 5,267 | 3,580 |
| Bloomingdale | Chatham | 2,665 | 2,075 | 1,855 | 1,588 | |
| Blue Ridge | Fannin | 1,210 | 1,336 | 1,376 | 1,602 | 1,406 |
| Bluffton | Clay | 118 | 138 | 132 | 105 | 176 |
| Blythe | Burke, Richmond | 718 | 300 | 367 | 333 | 172 |
| Bogart | Oconee, Clarke | 1,049 | 1,018 | 819 | 667 | 403 |
| Boston | Thomas | 1,417 | 1,395 | 1,424 | 1,443 | 1,357 |
| Bostwick | Morgan | 322 | 307 | 357 | 289 | 272 |
| Bowdon | Carroll | 1,959 | 1,981 | 1,743 | 1,753 | 1,548 |
| Bowersville | Hart | 334 | 311 | 318 | 301 | 293 |
| Bowman | Elbert | 898 | 791 | 890 | 724 | 654 |
| Braselton | Jackson, Barrow | 1,206 | 418 | 308 | 386 | 255 |
| Braswell | Polk, Paulding | 80 | 247 | 282 | 30 | 14 |
| Bremen | Haralson | 4,579 | 4,356 | 3,966 | 3,484 | 3,132 |
| Brinson | Decatur | 225 | 238 | 274 | 231 | 246 |
| Bronwood | Terrell | 513 | 513 | 524 | 500 | 400 |
| Brooklet | Bulloch | 1,113 | 1,013 | 1,035 | 683 | 557 |
| Brooks | Fayette | 553 | 328 | 199 | 172 | 158 |
| Broxton | Coffee | 1,428 | 1,211 | 1,117 | 957 | 907 |
| Brunswick | Glynn | 15,600 | 16,433 | 17,605 | 19,585 | 21,703 |
| Buchanan | Haralson | 941 | 1,009 | 1,019 | 800 | 753 |
| Buckhead | Morgan | 205 | 176 | 219 | 177 | 169 |
| Buena Vista | Marion | 1,664 | 1,472 | 1,544 | 1,486 | 1,574 |
| Buford | Hall, Gwinnett | 10,668 | 8,771 | 6,582 | 4,640 | 4,168 |
| Butler | Taylor | 1,907 | 1,673 | 1,959 | 1,589 | 1,346 |
| Byromville | Dooly | 415 | 452 | 567 | 419 | 349 |
| Byron | Peach | 2,887 | 2,276 | 1,661 | 1,368 | 1,138 |
| Cadwell | Laurens | 329 | 458 | 353 | 354 | 360 |
| Cairo | Grady | 9,239 | 9,035 | 8,777 | 8,061 | 7,427 |
| Calhoun | Gordon | 10,667 | 7,135 | 5,335 | 4,748 | 3,587 |
| Camak | Warren | 165 | 220 | 283 | 224 | 285 |
| Camilla | Mitchell | 5,669 | 5,124 | 5,414 | 4,987 | 4,753 |
| Canon | Franklin, Hart | 755 | 737 | 704 | 709 | 626 |
| Canton | Cherokee | 7,709 | 4,817 | 3,601 | 3,654 | 2,411 |
| Carl | Barrow | 205 | 263 | 239 | 234 | 204 |
| Carlton | Madison | 233 | 282 | 291 | 294 | 321 |
| Carnesville | Franklin | 541 | 514 | 465 | 510 | 481 |
| Carrollton | Carroll | 19,843 | 16,029 | 14,078 | 13,520 | 10,973 |
| Cartersville | Bartow | 15,925 | 12,037 | 9,508 | 9,929 | 8,668 |
| Cave Spring | Floyd | 975 | 950 | 883 | 1,305 | 1,153 |
| Cecil | Cook | 265 | 376 | 280 | 265 | 279 |
| Cedartown | Polk | 9,470 | 7,978 | 8,619 | 9,253 | 9,340 |
| Centerville | Houston | 4,278 | 3,251 | 2,622 | 1,725 | 290 |
| Centralhatchee | Heard | 383 | 301 | 240 | 186 | 174 |
| Chamblee | DeKalb | 9,552 | 7,668 | 7,137 | 9,127 | 6,635 |
| Chatsworth | Murray | 3,531 | 2,865 | 2,493 | 2,706 | 1,184 |
| Chauncey | Dodge | 295 | 312 | 350 | 308 | 330 |
| Chester | Dodge | 305 | 1,072 | 409 | 409 | 377 |
| Chickamauga | Walker | 2,245 | 2,165 | 2,232 | 1,842 | 1,824 |
| Clarkesville | Habersham | 1,248 | 1,151 | 1,348 | 1,294 | 1,352 |
| Clarkston | DeKalb | 7,231 | 5,385 | 4,539 | 3,127 | 1,524 |
| Claxton | Evans | 2,276 | 2,464 | 2,694 | 2,669 | 2,672 |
| Clayton | Rabun | 2,019 | 1,613 | 1,838 | 1,569 | 1,507 |
| Clermont | Hall, Gwinnett | 419 | 402 | 300 | 290 | 268 |
| Cleveland | White | 1,907 | 1,653 | 1,578 | 1,353 | 657 |
| Climax | Decatur | 297 | 290 | 407 | 275 | 329 |
| Cobbtown | Tattnall | 311 | 338 | 494 | 125 | 90 |
| Cochran | Bleckley | 4,455 | 4,483 | 5,121 | 5,161 | 4,714 |
| Cohutta | Whitfield | 582 | 529 | 407 | ||
| Colbert | Madison | 488 | 443 | 498 | 532 | 425 |
| Coleman | Randolph | 149 | 137 | 164 | 168 | 220 |
| College Park | Fulton, Clayton | 20,382 | 20,645 | 24,632 | 18,203 | 23,469 |
| Collins | Tattnall | 528 | 528 | 639 | 574 | 565 |
| Colquitt | Miller | 1,939 | 1,991 | 2,065 | 2,026 | 1,556 |
| Columbus | Muscogee | 185,781 | 178,683 | 169,441 | 154,168 | 116,779 |
| Comer | Madison | 1,052 | 1,079 | 930 | 828 | 882 |
| Commerce | Jackson | 5,292 | 4,108 | 4,092 | 3,702 | 3,551 |
| Concord | Pike | 336 | 211 | 317 | 312 | 333 |
| Conyers | Rockdale | 10,689 | 7,380 | 6,567 | 4,890 | 2,881 |
| Coolidge | Thomas | 552 | 610 | 736 | 717 | 679 |
| Cordele | Crisp | 11,608 | 10,836 | 10,914 | 10,733 | 10,609 |
| Corinth | Heard, Coweta | 213 | 136 | 75 | 107 | 105 |
| Cornelia | Habersham | 3,674 | 3,216 | 3,203 | 3,014 | 2,936 |
| Covington | Newton | 11,547 | 9,860 | 10,586 | 10,267 | 8,167 |
| Crawford | Oglethorpe | 807 | 694 | 498 | 624 | 541 |
| Crawfordville | Taliaferro | 572 | 577 | 594 | 735 | 786 |
| Culloden | Monroe | 223 | 242 | 281 | 272 | 260 |
| Cummings | Forsyth | 4,220 | 2,828 | 2,094 | 2,031 | 1,561 |
| Cusseta | Chattahoochee | 1,196 | 1,107 | 1,218 | 1,251 | 768 |
| Cuthbert | Randolph | 3,731 | 3,730 | 4,340 | 3,972 | 4,300 |
| Dacula | Gwinnett | 3,848 | 2,217 | 1,577 | 782 | 440 |
| Dahlonega | Lumpkin | 3,638 | 3,086 | 2,844 | 2,658 | 2,604 |
| Daisy | Evans | 126 | 138 | 174 | 150 | 229 |
| Dallas | Paulding | 5,056 | 2,810 | 2,508 | 2,133 | 2,065 |
| Dalton | Whitfield | 27,912 | 22,218 | 20,743 | 18,872 | 17,868 |
| Damascus | Early | 277 | 290 | 403 | 272 | 297 |
| Danielsville | Madison | 457 | 318 | 354 | 378 | 362 |
| Danville | Twiggs, Wilkinson | 373 | 480 | 529 | 515 | 459 |
| Darien | McIntosh | 1,719 | 1,783 | 1,731 | 1,826 | 1,569 |
| Dasher | Lowndes | 834 | ||||
| Davisboro | Washington | 1,544 | 407 | 433 | 476 | 417 |
| Dawson | Terrell | 5,058 | 5,295 | 5,699 | 5,383 | 5,062 |
| Dawsonville | Dawson | 619 | 467 | 342 | 288 | 307 |
| Dearing | McDuffie | 441 | 547 | 539 | 555 | 403 |
| Decatur | DeKalb | 18,147 | 17,304 | 18,404 | 21,943 | 22,026 |
| Deepstep | Washington | 132 | 111 | 120 | 107 | 139 |
| Demorest | Habersham | 1,465 | 1,088 | 1,130 | 1,070 | 1,029 |
| Denton | Jeff Davis | 269 | 335 | 286 | 244 | 255 |
| DeSoto | Sumter | 214 | 258 | 248 | 321 | 282 |
| Dexter | Laurens | 509 | 475 | 527 | 438 | 359 |
| Dillard | Rabun | 198 | 199 | 238 | 186 | 204 |
| Doerun | Colquitt | 828 | 940 | 1,062 | 1,157 | 1,037 |
| Donalsonville | Seminole | 2,796 | 2,780 | 3,320 | 2,907 | 2,621 |
| Dooling | Dooly | 163 | 138 | |||
| Doraville | DeKalb | 9,862 | 7,626 | 7,414 | 9,039 | 4,437 |
| Douglas | Coffee | 10,639 | 10,464 | 10,980 | 10,195 | 8,736 |
| Douglasville | Douglas | 20,065 | 11,635 | 7,641 | 5,472 | 4,462 |
| Dublin | Laurens | 15,857 | 16,312 | 16,083 | 15,143 | 13,814 |
| Dudley | Laurens | 447 | 430 | 425 | 423 | 360 |
| Duluth | Gwinnett | 22,122 | 9,029 | 2,956 | 1,810 | 1,483 |
| DuPont | Clinch | 139 | 177 | 267 | 252 | 210 |
| East Dublin | Laurens | 2,484 | 2,524 | 2,916 | 1,986 | 1,677 |
| East Elijay | Gilmer | 707 | 344 | 469 | 488 | 501 |
| East Point | Fulton | 39,595 | 34,595 | 37,486 | 39,315 | 35,633 |
| Eastman | Dodge | 5,440 | 5,241 | 5,330 | 5,416 | 5,118 |
| Eatonton | Putnam | 6,764 | 6,479 | 4,833 | 4,125 | 3,612 |
| Edge Hill | Glascock | 30 | 22 | 53 | 46 | 55 |
| Edison | Calhoun | 1,340 | 1,182 | 1,128 | 1,210 | 1,232 |
| Elberton | Elbert | 4,743 | 4,973 | 5,686 | 6,438 | 7,107 |
| Ellaville | Schley | 1,609 | 1,726 | 1,684 | 1,391 | 905 |
| Ellenton | Colquitt | 336 | 227 | 277 | 337 | 385 |
| Ellijay | Gilmer | 1,584 | 1,184 | 1,507 | 1,326 | 1,320 |
| Emerson | Bartow | 1,092 | 1,201 | 1,110 | 813 | 666 |
| Enigma | Berrien | 869 | 611 | 574 | 505 | 525 |
| Ephesus | Heard | 388 | 324 | 184 | 212 | |
| Eton | Murray | 319 | 315 | 301 | 286 | 275 |
| Euharlee | Bartow | 3,208 | 850 | 477 | ||
| Fairburn | Fulton | 5,464 | 4,015 | 3,466 | 3,143 | 2,470 |
| Fairmount | Gordon | 745 | 643 | 842 | 623 | 619 |
| Fargo | Clinch | 380 | 414 | |||
| Fayetteville | Fayette | 11,148 | 5,827 | 2,715 | 2,160 | 1,389 |
| Fitzgerald | Ben Hill | 8,758 | 8,901 | 10,187 | 8,015 | 8,781 |
| Flemington | Liberty | 369 | 279 | 440 | 265 | 149 |
| Flovilla | Butts | 652 | 602 | 458 | 289 | 284 |
| Flowery Branch | Hall, Gwinnett | 1,806 | 1,251 | 755 | 779 | 741 |
| Folkston | Charlton | 2,178 | 2,285 | 2,243 | 2,112 | 1,810 |
| Forest Park | Clayton | 21,447 | 16,958 | 18,782 | 19,994 | 14,201 |
| Forsyth | Monroe | 3,776 | 4,220 | 4,624 | 3,736 | 3,697 |
| Fort Gaines | Clay | 1,110 | 1,248 | 1,260 | 1,255 | 1,320 |
| Fort Oglethorpe | Walker, Catoosa | 6,940 | 5,880 | 5,443 | 3,869 | 2,251 |
| Fort Valley | Peach | 8,005 | 8,198 | 9,000 | 9,251 | 8,310 |
| Franklin | Heard | 902 | 876 | 711 | 749 | 603 |
| Franklin Springs | Franklin | 762 | 700 | 797 | 501 | 278 |
| Funston | Colquitt | 426 | 248 | 337 | 293 | 293 |
| Gainesville | Hall | 25,578 | 17,885 | 15,280 | 15,459 | 16,523 |
| Garden City | Chatham | 11,289 | 7,410 | 6,895 | 5,741 | 5,451 |
| Garfield | Emanuel | 152 | 255 | 222 | 214 | 225 |
| Gay | Meriwether | 149 | 133 | 175 | 200 | 194 |
| Geneva | Talbot | 114 | 182 | 232 | 250 | 261 |
| Georgetown | Quitman | 973 | 914 | 935 | 578 | 554 |
| Gibson | Glascock | 694 | 679 | 730 | 701 | 479 |
| Gillsville | Banks, Hall | 195 | 113 | 142 | 100 | 140 |
| Girard | Burke | 227 | 195 | 225 | 241 | 248 |
| Glennville | Tattnall | 3,641 | 3,676 | 4,144 | 2,965 | 2,791 |
| Glenwood | Wheeler | 884 | 881 | 824 | 670 | 682 |
| Good Hope | Walton | 210 | 181 | 200 | 202 | 165 |
| Gordon | Wilkinson | 2,152 | 2,468 | 2,768 | 2,553 | 1,793 |
| Graham | Appling | 312 | 293 | |||
| Grantville | Coweta | 1,309 | 1,180 | 1,110 | 1,128 | 1,158 |
| Gray | Jones | 1,811 | 2,189 | 2,145 | 2,014 | 1,320 |
| Grayson | Gwinnett | 765 | 529 | 464 | 366 | 282 |
| Greensboro | Greene | 3,238 | 2,878 | 2,985 | 2,582 | 2,773 |
| Greenville | Meriwether | 946 | 1,167 | 1,213 | 1,085 | 726 |
| Griffin | Spalding | 23,451 | 21,347 | 20,728 | 22,734 | 21,735 |
| Grovetown | Columbia | 6,089 | 3,596 | 3,491 | 3,169 | 1,396 |
| Gumbranch | Liberty | 273 | 291 | 272 | ||
| Guyton | Effingham | 917 | 740 | 749 | 742 | 670 |
| Hagan | Evans | 898 | 787 | 880 | 572 | 552 |
| Hahira | Lowndes | 1,626 | 1,353 | 1,534 | 1,326 | 1,297 |
| Hamilton | Harris | 307 | 454 | 506 | 357 | 396 |
| Hampton | Henry | 3,857 | 2,694 | 2,059 | 1,551 | 1,253 |
| Hapeville | Fulton | 6,180 | 5,483 | 6,166 | 9,567 | 10,082 |
| Haralson | Meriwether, Coweta | 144 | 139 | 123 | 162 | 141 |
| Harlem | Columbia | 1,814 | 2,199 | 1,485 | 1,540 | 1,423 |
| Harrison | Washington | |||||