| Official Name: | Ray City, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name2: | Berrien, Lanier |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Brenda Exum |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.97 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.97 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.15 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.15 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 956 |
| Population Density Km2: | 322.03 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 834.21 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 31.0756°N -83.1975°W |
| Elevation M: | 58 |
| Elevation Ft: | 190 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 31645 |
| Area Code: | 229 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-63728[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0332800[3] |
Ray City is a city in Berrien County and Lanier County, Georgia, United States. The population was 956 in 2020.[4]
Early variant names were "Ray's Pond" and "Ray's Mill".[5] The community was named after Thomas M. Ray, the proprietor of a local mill.[6]
Ray City is in southern Berrien County, with a small portion extending south into Lanier County. U.S. Route 129 passes through the city, leading north 10miles to Nashville, the Berrien county seat, and east 8miles to Lakeland, the Lanier county seat. Georgia State Route 125 leads south from Ray City to Valdosta, and State Route 37 leads west to Adel.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Ray City has a total area of 3km2, of which 2119order=flipNaNorder=flip, or 0.07%, are water.[7] Beaverdam Creek flows through the middle of the city, and Batterbee Branch flows through the west side. The two streams join west of Ray City to form Cat Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Withlacoochee River, part of the Suwannee River watershed.
| White (non-Hispanic) | 621 | 64.94% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 205 | 21.44% | |
| Native American | 1 | 0.1% | |
| Asian | 9 | 0.94% | |
| Other/Mixed | 39 | 4.08% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 8.47% |