Counties in Georgia by population

Name: Counties in Georgia by population, 2021
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Fulton County had the highest population of 159 counties in 2021, at 1.06 million. Taliaferro County had the lowest, at 1,569. The median was 23,526 and the figure for Georgia was 10.79 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,063,193Fulton County

Lowest1,569Taliaferro County

Median23,526159 counties

Georgia10,793,038History

Top 40 counties, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

persons. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2021 persons	Change on 2020
1	Fulton County	1,063,193	-0.6%
2	Gwinnett County	965,016	+0.7%
3	Cobb County	767,036	+0.1%
4	DeKalb County	759,708	-0.6%
5	Clayton County	298,828	-0.2%
6	Chatham County	295,961	+0.3%
7	Cherokee County	274,628	+2.4%
8	Forsyth County	260,730	+3.1%
9	Henry County	245,296	+1.4%
10	Hall County	206,988	+1.8%
11	Richmond County	205,565	-0.5%
12	Muscogee County	205,164	-0.9%
13	Paulding County	173,777	+2.5%
14	Houston County	167,186	+1.7%
15	Columbia County	159,649	+1.8%
16	Bibb County	156,161	-0.6%
17	Coweta County	150,010	+2.2%
18	Douglas County	145,839	+0.8%
19	Clarke County	129,248	+0.5%
20	Carroll County	121,007	+1.4%
21	Fayette County	120,786	+1.1%
22	Lowndes County	118,946	+0.4%
23	Newton County	115,293	+2.1%
24	Bartow County	110,900	+1.5%
25	Whitfield County	102,742	-0%
26	Walton County	99,890	+2.9%
27	Floyd County	98,440	-0.2%
28	Rockdale County	93,867	+0.3%
29	Barrow County	86,864	+3.3%
30	Glynn County	84,827	+0.4%
31	Dougherty County	82,320	-3.3%
32	Bulloch County	80,684	+1%
33	Jackson County	80,421	+4.8%
34	Troup County	69,768	+0.6%
35	Catoosa County	68,530	+0.7%
36	Walker County	68,475	+1.1%
37	Spalding County	67,711	+0.4%
38	Liberty County	66,841	+2.3%
39	Effingham County	66,768	+2.4%
40	Gordon County	58,250	+0.9%
41	Camden County	55,818	+1.6%
42	Laurens County	49,531	-0%
43	Bryan County	47,007	+4.3%
44	Habersham County	46,725	+1.3%
45	Thomas County	45,852	+0.1%
46	Colquitt County	45,774	-0.3%
47	Baldwin County	43,702	-0.2%
48	Polk County	43,359	+1%
49	Coffee County	43,041	-0%
50	Oconee County	43,030	+2.4%
51	Tift County	41,103	-0.7%
52	Murray County	39,945	-0.1%
53	Harris County	35,618	+2%
54	Ware County	35,587	-1.8%
55	Pickens County	34,033	+2%
56	Lee County	33,179	-0.1%
57	Lumpkin County	32,843	-2.4%
58	Gilmer County	32,086	+2.1%
59	Madison County	30,883	+2%
60	Haralson County	30,617	+1.9%
61	Wayne County	30,207	+0.2%
62	Decatur County	29,217	-0.7%
63	Sumter County	29,004	-1.7%
64	Monroe County	28,752	+2.4%
65	Dawson County	28,527	+5.4%
66	White County	28,386	+1%
67	Jones County	28,359	-0%
68	Peach County	28,321	+0.9%
69	Upson County	27,688	-0.2%
70	Toombs County	26,854	-0.8%
71	Stephens County	26,801	-0.1%
72	Hart County	26,295	+1.6%
73	Butts County	26,201	+2.6%
74	Grady County	25,847	-1.4%
75	Fannin County	25,829	+1.5%
76	Union County	25,612	+3.2%
77	Chattooga County	24,856	-0.3%
78	Burke County	24,340	-1.2%
79	Tattnall County	24,137	-0.8%
80	Franklin County	23,526	+0.2%
81	Emanuel County	22,887	0%
82	Putnam County	22,616	+2%
83	McDuffie County	21,631	+0.1%
84	Mitchell County	21,314	-1.7%
85	Meriwether County	20,709	+0.5%
86	Morgan County	20,667	+2.3%
87	Worth County	20,532	-0.9%
88	Crisp County	20,011	-0.2%
89	Pierce County	19,987	+1.2%
90	Washington County	19,756	-1%
91	Dodge County	19,741	-1%
92	Elbert County	19,586	-0.4%
93	Pike County	19,585	+3.4%
94	Greene County	19,545	+2.7%
95	Lamar County	18,700	+0.8%
96	Banks County	18,607	+2.6%
97	Appling County	18,419	+0.2%
98	Berrien County	18,128	-0.1%
99	Brantley County	18,119	+0.4%
100	Cook County	17,258	+0.1%
101	Rabun County	17,151	+1.3%
102	Ben Hill County	17,133	-0.2%
103	Long County	17,071	+5%
104	Brooks County	16,267	-0%
105	Dade County	16,206	-0.2%
106	Jefferson County	15,490	-1.2%
107	Jasper County	15,270	+4.1%
108	Oglethorpe County	15,179	+2.1%
109	Jeff Davis County	14,866	+0.4%
110	Screven County	14,062	-0.1%
111	Towns County	12,879	+2.6%
112	Charlton County	12,838	+2.5%
113	Telfair County	12,326	-1%
114	Bleckley County	12,287	-1.8%
115	Crawford County	12,112	+0.2%
116	Macon County	11,853	-1.4%
117	Heard County	11,504	+0.5%
118	McIntosh County	11,069	+0.8%
119	Bacon County	11,055	-0.5%
120	Candler County	10,958	-0.7%
121	Dooly County	10,862	-2.7%
122	Evans County	10,712	-0.8%
123	Early County	10,634	-1.5%
124	Lanier County	10,028	+1.1%
125	Pulaski County	9,563	-3.1%
126	Wilkes County	9,496	-0.6%
127	Irwin County	9,356	-3%
128	Seminole County	9,171	+0.5%
129	Chattahoochee County	9,015	-4.8%
130	Johnson County	8,994	-2%
131	Terrell County	8,931	-2.3%
132	Turner County	8,925	-0.7%
133	Wilkinson County	8,796	-0.4%
134	Jenkins County	8,791	+1.5%
135	Wilcox County	8,752	-0.4%
136	Hancock County	8,695	-0.2%
137	Montgomery County	8,635	+0.8%
138	Atkinson County	8,357	+0.6%
139	Twiggs County	7,859	-1.9%
140	Taylor County	7,767	-0.7%
141	Lincoln County	7,752	+0.6%
142	Wheeler County	7,747	+4%
143	Marion County	7,428	-1.3%
144	Clinch County	6,715	-0.2%
145	Treutlen County	6,374	-0.4%
146	Randolph County	6,263	-1.6%
147	Miller County	5,854	-2.4%
148	Talbot County	5,762	+0.6%
149	Calhoun County	5,562	-0.2%
150	Warren County	5,209	0%
151	Stewart County	4,926	-7%
152	Schley County	4,489	-1.1%
153	Echols County	3,687	-0.8%
154	Glascock County	2,900	+0.1%
155	Clay County	2,869	+1.4%
156	Baker County	2,817	-1.1%
157	Webster County	2,361	+0.4%
158	Quitman County	2,236	+0.5%
159	Taliaferro County	1,569	+0.7%

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Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Questions

Which county has the highest population?

Fulton County, with 1.06 million in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population?

Taliaferro County, with 1,569 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for the United States, states and counties, 1 July (Population Estimates Program). Retrieved 2026-10-08.