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Population per Square Mile in Georgia, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in Georgia, ranked. The highest is DeKalb County at 2,859.3 and the lowest is Taliaferro County at 8.0.

Georgia: 189.6 · United States: n/a · median county in Georgia: 68.3

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#County Population per Square Mile
1DeKalb County2,859.3
2Cobb County2,282.1
3Gwinnett County2,272.8
4Clayton County2,109.6
5Fulton County2,043.5
6Forsyth County1,190.0
7Clarke County1,086.4
8Muscogee County940.9
9Henry County784.3
10Douglas County738.9
11Rockdale County733.9
12Chatham County695.3
13Cherokee County667.6
14Richmond County635.3
15Bibb County627.9
16Fayette County627.9
17Paulding County572.7
18Columbia County559.8
19Barrow County558.1
20Hall County542.0
21Houston County451.0
22Newton County431.5
23Catoosa County423.2
24Whitfield County356.7
25Spalding County351.5
26Coweta County346.6
27Walton County316.1
28Dougherty County252.8
29Carroll County249.6
30Jackson County249.5
31Bartow County246.5
32Lowndes County241.3
33Oconee County236.2
34Glynn County203.6
35Floyd County195.5
36Peach County190.0
37Habersham County172.6
38Troup County169.9
39Baldwin County168.7
40Gordon County165.8
41Tift County158.8
42Walker County154.1
43Stephens County151.0
44Pickens County150.6
45Effingham County144.4
46Butts County144.2
47Dawson County143.4
48Polk County141.1
49Liberty County130.5
50Bulloch County122.3
51Lumpkin County122.0
52White County119.7
53Murray County117.7
54Hart County115.9
55Madison County111.7
56Haralson County110.9
57Bryan County110.3
58Lamar County106.7
59Lee County94.5
60Dade County92.9
61Franklin County92.7
62Pike County92.1
63Camden County90.4
64Upson County86.7
65Colquitt County84.5
66McDuffie County84.4
67Thomas County84.1
68Banks County82.8
69Union County81.7
70Chattooga County79.9
71Harris County77.8
72Towns County77.6
73Cook County76.7
74Gilmer County76.1
75Monroe County74.9
76Toombs County74.5
77Coffee County73.2
78Jones County72.8
79Crisp County72.6
80Ben Hill County68.3
81Fannin County66.5
82Putnam County66.3
83Laurens County61.7
84Morgan County60.7
85Sumter County60.2
86Pierce County59.3
87Evans County58.8
88Bleckley County57.6
89Grady County57.4
90Elbert County56.5
91Lanier County52.0
92Greene County51.9
93Tattnall County50.3
94Decatur County48.9
95Wayne County48.2
96Rabun County46.8
97Long County45.9
98Candler County45.4
99Jeff Davis County45.1
100Jasper County43.2
101Meriwether County41.8
102Brantley County41.3
103Mitchell County41.1
104Berrien County40.5
105Ware County40.0
106Dodge County39.9
107Pulaski County39.9
108Heard County39.8
109Bacon County39.1
110Seminole County38.5
111Crawford County37.6
112Lincoln County37.3
113Appling County36.4
114Montgomery County35.8
115Worth County35.8
116Chattahoochee County35.7
117Oglethorpe County35.3
118Emanuel County33.8
119Brooks County33.0
120Treutlen County32.0
121Turner County31.3
122Johnson County30.3
123Burke County29.6
124Macon County29.6
125Washington County29.3
126Jefferson County29.1
127Dooly County28.0
128Telfair County27.1
129Schley County27.0
130Terrell County26.4
131Irwin County26.2
132McIntosh County26.2
133Jenkins County25.1
134Wheeler County24.8
135Atkinson County24.3
136Wilcox County23.3
137Screven County21.9
138Twiggs County21.7
139Early County20.7
140Miller County20.7
141Taylor County20.7
142Marion County20.5
143Glascock County20.4
144Wilkes County20.3
145Calhoun County19.6
146Wilkinson County19.5
147Hancock County18.4
148Warren County18.2
149Charlton County16.4
150Quitman County15.0
151Talbot County14.7
152Clay County14.6
153Randolph County14.5
154Webster County11.4
155Stewart County10.6
156Echols County8.8
157Clinch County8.3
158Baker County8.2
159Taliaferro County8.0

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Georgia ranks 19th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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