Jesup, GA Micro Area

The Jesup, GA micro area is one county in Georgia: Wayne County. About 32,481 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 7.8% more than in April 2020.

Wayne County, centralJesup
Wayne County in Georgia
Population, July 2025
32,481 7.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
County
Wayne County
Land area
642 sq mi (1,662 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Georgia
Combined statistical area
Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro, GA
CBSA code
27700

The county in the Jesup, GA micro area

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025
Wayne CountyCentral32,481

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 people. This area has no outlying counties: no neighboring county sends enough commuters to join it. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Jesup9,942 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Savannah-Hinesville-Statesboro, GA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 3 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Savannah, GA Metro Area438,314 people
  2. Statesboro, GA Micro Area97,977 people
  3. Hinesville, GA Metro Area91,870 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Hinesville, GA Metro Area23 mi northeast
  2. Waycross, GA Micro Area38 mi southwest
  3. Brunswick-St. Simons, GA Metro Area42 mi southeast

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