List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state)


is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2010 United States Census, Georgia is the 9th most populous state with inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning of land. Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 incorporated municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and consolidated cities.
There is no legal difference in Georgia between cities and towns. Eight municipalities have merged with their counties to form consolidated city-counties: Athens with Clarke County, Augusta with Richmond County, Columbus with Muscogee County, Cusseta with Chattahoochee County, Georgetown with Quitman County, Macon with Bibb County, Statenville with Echols County, and Webster County unified government with Webster County. Athens and Augusta also have municipalities independent of the consolidated governments and are considered consolidated cities.
The largest municipality by population in Georgia is Atlanta, with 420,003 residents, and the smallest municipality by population is Edge Hill, with 24 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Augusta, a consolidated city-county, which spans, and Edge Hill and Santa Claus are tied for the smallest, at each.

List of municipalities

Below is a list of the 25 largest municipalities in Georgia according to the 2010 census. Also shown is the 2018 Census estimate.
RankNamePopulation Population ChangeTypeCounty
1Atlanta ††CityFulton, DeKalb--
2Augusta †CityRichmond--
3Columbus †CityMuscogee--
4Macon †CityBibb--
5Savannah †CityChatham--
6Athens †CityClarke--
7Sandy SpringsCityFulton--
8RoswellCityFulton--
9Johns CreekCityFulton--
10Warner RobinsCityHouston, Peach--
11Albany †CityDougherty--
12AlpharettaCityFulton--
13Marietta †CityCobb--
14SmyrnaCityCobb--
15Valdosta †CityLowndes--
16BrookhavenCityDeKalb--
17DunwoodyCityDeKalb--
18Peachtree CornersCityGwinnett--
19Gainesville †CityHall--
20Newnan †CityCoweta--
21MiltonCityFulton--
22Rome †CityFloyd--
23Peachtree CityCityFayette--
24East PointCityFulton--
25Douglasville †CityDouglas--