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How many counties in Georgia? All 159 listed

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Georgia has 159 counties and county equivalents holding 10,822,590 residents. The most populous county in Georgia is Fulton County with 1,068,507 residents; the smallest is Taliaferro County. County boundaries divide the state's land area — measured in square miles by the Census Bureau — into the units used for property assessment, elections and local sales tax. The statewide sales tax base rate is 4%, before county and city add-ons.

All 159 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Fulton County1,068,507$91,490$431,200$1,635
Gwinnett County966,972$84,823$345,700$1,713
Cobb County769,152$98,712$373,700$1,640
DeKalb County762,105$77,683$331,400$1,591
Clayton County298,771$58,507$194,500$1,307
Chatham County298,143$69,575$273,300$1,382
Cherokee County274,539$105,442$389,800$1,703
Forsyth County260,062$138,000$493,800$1,937
Henry County245,417$81,612$277,400$1,538
Hall County208,395$77,430$313,600$1,247
Richmond County206,040$53,197$163,300$1,087
Muscogee County204,383$56,622$182,300$1,072
Paulding County174,292$94,557$289,000$1,622
Houston County166,902$80,743$205,600$1,143
Columbia County159,638$96,122$287,400$1,330
Bibb County156,543$50,747$165,800$1,026
Coweta County150,071$94,142$321,900$1,397
Douglas County146,141$80,764$262,200$1,447
Clarke County129,267$52,267$271,900$1,162
Carroll County122,187$72,327$227,500$1,124
Fayette County120,689$108,986$405,600$1,787
Lowndes County119,055$55,887$197,900$1,002
Newton County115,530$73,732$233,300$1,331
Bartow County111,153$79,431$262,200$1,202
Whitfield County103,118$64,262$198,900$907
Walton County100,361$82,381$300,500$1,231
Floyd County98,985$62,540$194,100$971
Rockdale County94,293$72,349$256,600$1,341
Barrow County86,982$77,477$255,200$1,197
Glynn County84,987$68,546$268,300$1,060
Dougherty County83,915$46,784$129,200$905
Bulloch County81,372$56,832$191,600$968
Jackson County80,640$85,012$312,700$1,048
Troup County69,821$54,905$187,800$1,044
Walker County68,449$55,887$173,900$867
Catoosa County68,356$72,425$214,200$953
Spalding County68,215$60,217$196,600$1,053
Effingham County67,265$85,465$245,300$1,116
Liberty County66,826$59,013$180,200$1,203
Gordon County58,336$61,997$205,600$872
Camden County56,036$72,399$233,900$1,167
Laurens County49,619$49,705$137,400$769
Habersham County46,948$65,622$212,000$939
Bryan County46,681$94,234$317,100$1,584
Colquitt County45,907$49,691$121,400$779
Thomas County45,696$60,140$185,300$996
Baldwin County43,669$55,413$164,700$865
Polk County43,365$55,308$163,500$870
Coffee County43,161$50,175$125,700$713
Oconee County42,788$115,925$425,100$1,347
Tift County41,322$53,165$143,100$799
Murray County40,282$67,880$173,300$828
Ware County35,958$44,833$106,500$786
Harris County35,509$89,184$278,700$941
Pickens County34,197$75,293$289,600$1,079
Lumpkin County33,931$72,388$277,200$1,090
Lee County33,337$88,024$226,900$1,147
Gilmer County31,976$72,542$278,900$955
Madison County30,914$58,784$198,800$951
Haralson County30,720$65,016$210,400$884
Wayne County30,519$49,562$149,800$839
Sumter County29,174$41,877$122,300$847
Decatur County29,118$50,485$146,200$860
Monroe County28,919$82,863$243,200$881
Dawson County28,704$88,986$351,900$1,425
Jones County28,526$68,259$174,600$917
White County28,454$69,747$262,200$1,015
Peach County28,269$68,365$186,100$901
Upson County27,856$50,904$149,500$779
Toombs County26,943$54,130$127,100$714
Stephens County26,842$52,264$168,200$817
Hart County26,484$57,241$206,500$814
Butts County26,074$59,221$227,800$952
Grady County26,056$54,312$136,500$789
Fannin County25,605$58,073$274,600$876
Union County25,598$65,697$272,600$842
Chattooga County24,975$47,785$98,700$789
Burke County24,427$50,739$107,800$763
Tattnall County24,215$52,351$122,400$660
Franklin County23,840$52,264$160,600$778
Emanuel County22,961$50,053$88,200$742
Putnam County22,524$64,163$222,000$1,063
McDuffie County21,687$54,058$155,100$813
Mitchell County21,441$51,908$105,500$776
Meriwether County20,757$56,458$154,600$899
Morgan County20,614$85,692$323,100$1,090
Worth County20,575$57,201$112,400$855
Pierce County19,996$56,691$132,100$794
Crisp County19,995$42,745$120,800$743
Dodge County19,909$50,152$108,700$688
Washington County19,893$44,009$115,600$836
Elbert County19,725$49,727$114,600$849
Greene County19,586$84,530$342,200$936
Pike County19,540$84,184$265,700$1,056
Lamar County19,098$68,457$201,400$913
Banks County18,757$68,830$251,700$788
Appling County18,426$43,728$81,400$711
Berrien County18,257$50,414$115,200$771
Brantley County18,171$47,801$91,800$714
Long County17,512$64,747$196,500$931
Cook County17,363$50,133$123,000$901
Ben Hill County17,138$39,081$114,600$692
Rabun County17,107$61,466$272,600$1,016
Brooks County16,285$47,656$118,100$752
Dade County16,196$58,936$166,600$843
Jefferson County15,468$46,561$93,100$723
Jasper County15,345$59,574$219,700$983
Oglethorpe County15,221$69,784$198,700$832
Jeff Davis County14,838$40,879$109,300$674
Screven County14,057$53,017$122,300$629
Towns County12,739$58,400$311,900$822
Charlton County12,711$48,534$119,000$895
Bleckley County12,414$53,005$132,900$765
Crawford County12,183$60,905$144,800$751
Telfair County12,174$44,948$108,200$614
Macon County11,953$37,177$87,000$624
Heard County11,616$62,907$161,000$855
McIntosh County11,187$50,348$173,900$781
Bacon County11,129$50,310$104,100$789
Dooly County11,026$56,545$96,400$761
Candler County10,972$50,431$135,600$706
Evans County10,740$53,908$139,700$720
Early County10,683$53,750$130,100$774
Lanier County10,094$44,361$161,100$878
Pulaski County9,893$47,688$144,300$789
Wilkes County9,553$52,542$105,000$759
Irwin County9,385$53,915$105,300$824
Johnson County9,192$54,183$91,200$661
Chattahoochee County9,181$59,221$99,800$1,235
Seminole County9,117$49,559$111,600$819
Terrell County8,941$43,812$111,500$727
Turner County8,915$39,565$95,200$655
Wilkinson County8,795$46,673$90,800$766
Wilcox County8,784$48,036$71,200$612
Montgomery County8,675$51,188$118,200$732
Jenkins County8,674$36,906$81,100$544
Hancock County8,630$33,182$87,400$671
Atkinson County8,261$38,438$76,300$620
Twiggs County7,869$55,439$104,500$618
Taylor County7,786$41,743$82,900$665
Lincoln County7,773$50,688$163,600$732
Marion County7,474$50,484$122,100$717
Wheeler County7,434$45,262$74,600$551
Clinch County6,722$55,549$86,300$505
Treutlen County6,387$43,750$98,400$668
Randolph County6,270$25,425$90,900$554
Miller County5,873$58,407$118,300$699
Talbot County5,753$45,098$127,200$950
Calhoun County5,528$55,714$82,200$638
Warren County5,175$46,776$78,000$676
Stewart County4,978$35,000$53,000$588
Schley County4,539$59,647$152,900$746
Echols County3,705$61,723$112,600$833
Glascock County2,913$55,250$122,800$813
Clay County2,853$48,715$92,500$578
Baker County2,830$44,405$120,100$643
Webster County2,348$40,764$92,200$663
Quitman County2,092$36,838$103,000$734
Taliaferro County1,740$48,036$73,100$715

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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