Counties in Georgia by population

Name: Counties in Georgia by population, 2022
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

Fulton County had the highest population of 159 counties in 2022, at 1.08 million. Taliaferro County had the lowest, at 1,602. The median was 24,063 and the figure for Georgia was 10.93 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,076,385Fulton County

Lowest1,602Taliaferro County

Median24,063159 counties

Georgia10,929,992History

Top 40 counties, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 persons	Change on 2021
1	Fulton County	1,076,385	+1.2%
2	Gwinnett County	979,814	+1.5%
3	Cobb County	774,481	+1%
4	DeKalb County	764,752	+0.7%
5	Chatham County	301,720	+1.9%
6	Clayton County	298,010	-0.3%
7	Cherokee County	281,158	+2.4%
8	Forsyth County	267,623	+2.6%
9	Henry County	248,841	+1.4%
10	Hall County	213,142	+3%
11	Richmond County	206,837	+0.6%
12	Muscogee County	202,697	-1.2%
13	Paulding County	178,436	+2.7%
14	Houston County	169,679	+1.5%
15	Columbia County	162,441	+1.7%
16	Bibb County	156,302	+0.1%
17	Coweta County	152,950	+2%
18	Douglas County	147,617	+1.2%
19	Clarke County	130,067	+0.6%
20	Carroll County	124,002	+2.5%
21	Fayette County	122,106	+1.1%
22	Lowndes County	119,517	+0.5%
23	Newton County	117,854	+2.2%
24	Bartow County	112,751	+1.7%
25	Whitfield County	103,279	+0.5%
26	Walton County	103,235	+3.3%
27	Floyd County	99,425	+1%
28	Rockdale County	94,951	+1.2%
29	Barrow County	89,551	+3.1%
30	Glynn County	85,268	+0.5%
31	Jackson County	84,157	+4.6%
32	Dougherty County	83,021	+0.9%
33	Bulloch County	83,011	+2.9%
34	Troup County	70,608	+1.2%
35	Effingham County	69,010	+3.4%
36	Spalding County	68,993	+1.9%
37	Walker County	68,963	+0.7%
38	Catoosa County	68,897	+0.5%
39	Liberty County	68,077	+1.8%
40	Gordon County	58,885	+1.1%
41	Camden County	57,026	+2.2%
42	Laurens County	49,687	+0.3%
43	Bryan County	48,336	+2.8%
44	Habersham County	47,446	+1.5%
45	Colquitt County	45,935	+0.4%
46	Thomas County	45,592	-0.6%
47	Polk County	43,742	+0.9%
48	Baldwin County	43,654	-0.1%
49	Oconee County	43,622	+1.4%
50	Coffee County	43,265	+0.5%
51	Tift County	41,381	+0.7%
52	Murray County	40,378	+1.1%
53	Harris County	36,320	+2%
54	Ware County	35,660	+0.2%
55	Pickens County	34,803	+2.3%
56	Lumpkin County	34,709	+5.7%
57	Lee County	33,649	+1.4%
58	Gilmer County	32,382	+0.9%
59	Madison County	31,450	+1.8%
60	Haralson County	31,340	+2.4%
61	Wayne County	30,758	+1.8%
62	Dawson County	30,237	+6%
63	Monroe County	29,432	+2.4%
64	Decatur County	29,146	-0.2%
65	Sumter County	28,893	-0.4%
66	White County	28,778	+1.4%
67	Peach County	28,590	+0.9%
68	Jones County	28,449	+0.3%
69	Upson County	28,082	+1.4%
70	Toombs County	26,868	+0.1%
71	Hart County	26,813	+2%
72	Stephens County	26,790	-0%
73	Butts County	26,756	+2.1%
74	Union County	26,413	+3.1%
75	Grady County	26,029	+0.7%
76	Fannin County	25,740	-0.3%
77	Chattooga County	24,921	+0.3%
78	Burke County	24,375	+0.1%
79	Franklin County	24,155	+2.7%
80	Tattnall County	24,063	-0.3%
81	Emanuel County	22,926	+0.2%
82	Putnam County	22,924	+1.4%
83	McDuffie County	21,726	+0.4%
84	Mitchell County	21,198	-0.5%
85	Morgan County	21,050	+1.9%
86	Meriwether County	20,829	+0.6%
87	Worth County	20,362	-0.8%
88	Pierce County	20,190	+1%
89	Greene County	20,118	+2.9%
90	Pike County	19,959	+1.9%
91	Dodge County	19,874	+0.7%
92	Elbert County	19,868	+1.4%
93	Washington County	19,772	+0.1%
94	Crisp County	19,745	-1.3%
95	Lamar County	19,465	+4.1%
96	Banks County	19,419	+4.4%
97	Appling County	18,466	+0.3%
98	Long County	18,363	+7.6%
99	Berrien County	18,261	+0.7%
100	Brantley County	18,173	+0.3%
101	Cook County	17,398	+0.8%
102	Rabun County	17,305	+0.9%
103	Ben Hill County	17,063	-0.4%
104	Brooks County	16,272	0%
105	Dade County	16,105	-0.6%
106	Jasper County	15,984	+4.7%
107	Oglethorpe County	15,502	+2.1%
108	Jefferson County	15,329	-1%
109	Jeff Davis County	14,914	+0.3%
110	Screven County	13,972	-0.6%
111	Towns County	12,929	+0.4%
112	Charlton County	12,842	0%
113	Telfair County	12,438	+0.9%
114	Bleckley County	12,277	-0.1%
115	Crawford County	12,133	+0.2%
116	Macon County	11,767	-0.7%
117	Heard County	11,699	+1.7%
118	McIntosh County	11,194	+1.1%
119	Bacon County	11,155	+0.9%
120	Candler County	11,000	+0.4%
121	Evans County	10,682	-0.3%
122	Dooly County	10,607	-2.3%
123	Early County	10,556	-0.7%
124	Lanier County	10,141	+1.1%
125	Pulaski County	9,947	+4%
126	Wilkes County	9,587	+1%
127	Johnson County	9,249	+2.8%
128	Irwin County	9,126	-2.5%
129	Seminole County	9,125	-0.5%
130	Turner County	8,836	-1%
131	Terrell County	8,788	-1.6%
132	Wilcox County	8,747	-0.1%
133	Chattahoochee County	8,718	-3.3%
134	Wilkinson County	8,704	-1%
135	Jenkins County	8,677	-1.3%
136	Montgomery County	8,647	+0.1%
137	Hancock County	8,449	-2.8%
138	Atkinson County	8,220	-1.6%
139	Lincoln County	7,876	+1.6%
140	Taylor County	7,758	-0.1%
141	Twiggs County	7,662	-2.5%
142	Marion County	7,454	+0.4%
143	Wheeler County	7,302	-5.7%
144	Clinch County	6,692	-0.3%
145	Treutlen County	6,364	-0.2%
146	Randolph County	6,162	-1.6%
147	Miller County	5,775	-1.3%
148	Talbot County	5,763	0%
149	Calhoun County	5,498	-1.2%
150	Warren County	5,154	-1.1%
151	Stewart County	4,634	-5.9%
152	Schley County	4,507	+0.4%
153	Echols County	3,684	-0.1%
154	Glascock County	2,925	+0.9%
155	Clay County	2,860	-0.3%
156	Baker County	2,780	-1.3%
157	Webster County	2,343	-0.8%
158	Quitman County	2,247	+0.5%
159	Taliaferro County	1,602	+2.1%

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About this ranking

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 1.08 million in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest population?

Taliaferro County, with 1,602 in 2022.

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.