| Official Name: | Pearson, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Motto: | Visit for a day, or stay for a lifetime |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Atkinson |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated (city) |
| Established Date3: | Dec. 27, 1890 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.71 |
| Area Land Km2: | 8.68 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.36 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.35 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 1821 |
| Population Density Km2: | 209.73 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 543.26 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.2983°N -82.8528°W |
| Elevation M: | 62 |
| Elevation Ft: | 203 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31642 |
| Area Code: | 912 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-59808[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0332626[3] |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Est: | 1799 |
Pearson is a city in Atkinson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,821 in 2020. The city is the county seat of Atkinson County.[4]
Pearson was founded in 1875 as a depot on the Brunswick and Western Railroad. It was incorporated as a town in 1890 and in 1916 as a city.[5] The community was named after Benajah Pearson, a veteran of the Second Seminole War.[6] [7]
Pearson is located at 31.2983°N -82.8528°W (31.298368, -82.852827), within Southeast Georgia.[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.7km2, of which 0.02sqkm, or 0.28%, is water.[9]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 533 | 29.27% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 553 | 30.37% | |
| Native American | 4 | 0.22% | |
| Asian | 8 | 0.44% | |
| Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.11% | |
| Other/Mixed | 40 | 2.2% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 681 | 37.4% |
Atkinson County students in K-12 grades are in the Atkinson County School District, which consists of two elementary schools (each includes a pre-school program) and a high school.[11] The district has 102 full-time teachers and over 1,648 students as of 2010.[12]