County facts · Population · October 24, 2026

Georgia Population by County, 2025 Census Estimates

Georgia population by county: July 2025 Census estimates for all 159 counties, change since 2020, density, and a link to each official parcel map.

Looking for Georgia population by county? The Census Bureau estimates that Georgia had 11,302,748 residents on July 1, 2025, spread across 159 counties. Fulton County is the most populous, with 1,098,791 people (10% of the state), and Taliaferro County is the least populous, with 1,662.

The table below lists every county with its 2025 estimate, its April 2020 starting point, the change, people per square mile, and a link to its official parcel viewer.

Georgia population at a glance

• Counties: 159
• Statewide, July 1, 2025: 11,302,748 (April 1, 2020 estimates base: 10,713,861; change +588,887, +5.5%)
• Most populous: Fulton County (1,098,791); least populous: Taliaferro County (1,662)
• Median county: about 24,376 residents (half of the counties are smaller)
• The 5 largest counties hold 35% of all Georgia residents
• Counties with 1,000,000+ residents: 2 · 100,000+: 27 · under 10,000: 34
• Statewide density: about 196 people per square mile of land

Georgia population by county, July 2025 (all 159)

Percent change runs from the April 1, 2020 estimates base to July 1, 2025. People per square mile is the July 2025 estimate divided by the county's land area in the Census Bureau's 2020 Gazetteer file, so lakes and bays are left out.

How Georgia's population is spread out

Grouping the counties by size shows how concentrated the state is:

9 counties with at least 250,000 residents hold 45% of the state's population.

Most and least densely populated

The most crowded counties by people per square mile of land:

1. DeKalb County: 2,892 per sq mi (774,394 people on 268 sq mi)
2. Gwinnett County: 2,364 per sq mi (1,018,099 people on 431 sq mi)
3. Cobb County: 2,335 per sq mi (793,345 people on 340 sq mi)
4. Clayton County: 2,100 per sq mi (297,471 people on 142 sq mi)
5. Fulton County: 2,086 per sq mi (1,098,791 people on 527 sq mi)

The most thinly settled:

1. Baker County: 8.0 per sq mi (2,725 people on 342 sq mi)
2. Clinch County: 8.4 per sq mi (6,847 people on 815 sq mi)
3. Taliaferro County: 8.5 per sq mi (1,662 people on 195 sq mi)
4. Echols County: 8.8 per sq mi (3,685 people on 420 sq mi)
5. Stewart County: 10 per sq mi (4,631 people on 459 sq mi)

About these numbers

• They are estimates. Between censuses the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program updates county totals each year from births, deaths and migration records. The next full count is the 2030 census.
• The base is April 1, 2020. The estimates start from an April 1, 2020 "estimates base" built from the 2020 census, which is why it is slightly different from the published census count.
• Each new release revises the past. A newer vintage can change earlier years as well, so compare numbers from the same release, as this page does.
• Statewide total. The counties add up exactly to the statewide figure of 11,302,748 in the same file.

Using population numbers in a land search

• Big counties, busy offices. In the most populous counties, parcel maps and deed records are usually online and searchable, but recording and permit offices are busier. Allow for that if you are on a deadline.
• Small counties, fewer sales. In counties with only a few thousand people, land changes hands less often, so there are fewer recent sales to compare a price with. The county assessor's sales records are the best source.
• Density hints at lot size. A low people-per-square-mile figure usually means farms, ranches and timber tracts; a high one means subdivided lots. The parcel viewer shows the actual parcel lines.
• Check the official map. Use the parcel viewer link in the table for boundaries, parcel numbers and owner names, then confirm anything important with the county's recorder or assessor.

Related guides

• Fastest growing counties in Georgia
• Largest counties in Georgia
• Georgia county GIS websites by viewer
• Georgia plat maps
• Georgia landowner maps for hunting
• Most populous counties in the US
• Where people are moving in the US

More: All Georgia counties on Platbookmapper

Sources

• U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county totals, Vintage 2025 (April 1, 2020 estimates base and July 1, 2020–2025 estimates, with components of change). Statewide totals are the sum of the counties and match the file's state row.
• U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer files, 2020 county land and water area (for people per square mile).
• Platbookmapper county GIS directory (live data file behind our county pages, pulled October 24, 2026) for each official parcel viewer.