Palmetto is a city located mostly in Fulton County (originally Campbell County) and now partly in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 5,071 at the 2020 census.The current mayor is J. Clark Boddie.

History

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Palmetto as a town in 1854. The community was named after the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican–American War.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1860	1,526		—
1870	294		−80.7%
1880	473		60.9%
1890	552		16.7%
1900	620		12.3%
1910	922		48.7%
1920	965		4.7%
1930	964		−0.1%
1940	1,029		6.7%
1950	1,257		22.2%
1960	1,466		16.6%
1970	2,045		39.5%
1980	2,086		2.0%
1990	2,612		25.2%
2000	3,400		30.2%
2010	4,488		32.0%
2020	5,071		13.0%
U.S. Decennial Census

Palmetto racial composition as of 2020

Race	Num.	Perc.
White (non-Hispanic)	1,203	23.72%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	2,949	58.15%
Native American	9	0.18%
Asian	43	0.85%
Pacific Islander	1	0.02%
Other/Mixed	205	4.04%
Hispanic or Latino	661	13.03%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,071 people, 1,950 households, and 1,200 families residing in the city.