GEORGIA COUNTIES |
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| There are 159 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of Georgia. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, by area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Appling County | 509 | Baxley | 1818 | 17,419 |
| Athens-Clarke County | 121 | Athens | 1801 | 101,489 |
| Atkinson County | 338 | Pearson | 1919 | 7,609 |
| Augusta-Richmond County | 324 | Augusta | 1777 | 199,775 |
| Bacon County | 285 | Alma | 1914 | 10,103 |
| Baker County | 343 | Newton | 1825 | 4,074 |
| Baldwin County | 343 | Milledgeville | 1803 | 44,700 |
| Banks County | 234 | Homer | 1858 | 14,422 |
| Barrow County | 162 | Winder | 1914 | 46,144 |
| Bartow County | 460 | Cartersville | 1832 | 76,019 |
| Ben Hill County | 252 | Fitzgerald | 1906 | 17,484 |
| Berrien County | 452 | Nashville | 1856 | 16,235 |
| Bibb County | 250 | Macon | 1822 | 153,887 |
| Bleckley County | 217 | Cochran | 1912 | 11,666 |
| Brantley County | 444 | Nahunta | 1920 | 14,629 |
| Brooks County | 494 | Quitman | 1858 | 16,450 |
| Bryan County | 442 | Pembroke | 1793 | 23,417 |
| Bulloch County | 683 | Statesboro | 1796 | 55,983 |
| Burke County | 831 | Waynesboro | 1777 | 22,243 |
| Butts County | 187 | Jackson | 1825 | 19,522 |
| Calhoun County | 280 | Morgan | 1854 | 6,320 |
| Camden County | 630 | Woodbine | 1777 | 43,664 |
| Candler County | 247 | Metter | 1914 | 9,577 |
| Carroll County | 499 | Carrollton | 1826 | 87,268 |
| Catoosa County | 162 | Ringgold | 1853 | 53,282 |
| Charlton County | 781 | Folkston | 1854 | 10,282 |
| Chatham County | 440 | Savannah | 1777 | 232,048 |
| Chattooga County | 314 | Summerville | 1838 | 25,470 |
| Cherokee County | 424 | Canton | 1832 | 141,903 |
| Clay County | 195 | Fort Gaines | 1854 | 3,357 |
| Clayton County | 143 | Jonesboro | 1858 | 236,517 |
| Clinch County | 809 | Homerville | 1850 | 6,878 |
| Cobb County | 340 | Marietta | 1832 | 607,751 |
| Coffee County | 599 | Douglas | 1854 | 37,413 |
| Colquitt County | 552 | Moultrie | 1856 | 42,053 |
| Columbia County | 290 | Appling | 1790 | 89,288 |
| Columbus-Muscogee County | 216 | Columbus | 1826 | 186,291 |
| Cook County | 229 | Adel | 1918 | 15,771 |
| Coweta County | 443 | Newnan | 1826 | 89,215 |
| Crawford County | 325 | Knoxville | 1822 | 12,495 |
| Crisp County | 274 | Cordele | 1905 | 21,996 |
| Cusseta-Chattahoochee County | 249 | Cusseta | 1854 | 14,882 |
| Dade County | 174 | Trenton | 1837 | 15,154 |
| Dawson County | 211 | Dawsonville | 1857 | 15,999 |
| Decatur County | 597 | Bainbridge | 1823 | 28,240 |
| DeKalb County | 268 | Decatur | 1822 | 665,865 |
| Dodge County | 501 | Eastman | 1870 | 19,171 |
| Dooly County | 393 | Vienna | 1821 | 11,525 |
| Dougherty County | 330 | Albany | 1853 | 96,065 |
| Douglas County | 199 | Douglasville | 1870 | 92,174 |
| Early County | 511 | Blakely | 1818 | 12,354 |
| Echols County | 404 | Statenville | 1858 | 3,754 |
| Effingham County | 480 | Springfield | 1777 | 37,535 |
| Elbert County | 369 | Elberton | 1790 | 20,511 |
| Emanuel County | 686 | Swainsboro | 1812 | 21,837 |
| Evans County | 185 | Claxton | 1914 | 10,495 |
| Fannin County | 386 | Blue Ridge | 1854 | 19,798 |
| Fayette County | 197 | Fayetteville | 1821 | 91,263 |
| Floyd County | 513 | Rome | 1832 | 90,565 |
| Forsyth County | 226 | Cumming | 1832 | 98,407 |
| Franklin County | 263 | Carnesville | 1784 | 20,285 |
| Fulton County | 529 | Atlanta | 1853 | 816,006 |
| Gilmer County | 427 | Ellijay | 1832 | 23,456 |
| Glascock County | 144 | Gibson | 1857 | 2,556 |
| Glynn County | 422 | Brunswick | 1777 | 67,568 |
| Gordon County | 355 | Calhoun | 1850 | 44,104 |
| Grady County | 458 | Cairo | 1906 | 23,659 |
| Greene County | 388 | Greensboro | 1786 | 14,406 |
| Gwinnett County | 433 | Lawrenceville | 1818 | 588,448 |
| Habersham County | 278 | Clarkesville | 1818 | 35,902 |
| Hall County | 394 | Gainesville | 1818 | 139,277 |
| Hancock County | 473 | Sparta | 1793 | 10,076 |
| Haralson County | 282 | Buchanan | 1856 | 25,690 |
| Harris County | 464 | Hamilton | 1827 | 23,695 |
| Hart County | 232 | Hartwell | 1853 | 22,997 |
| Heard County | 296 | Franklin | 1830 | 11,012 |
| Henry County | 323 | McDonough | 1821 | 119,341 |
| Houston County | 377 | Perry | 1821 | 110,765 |
| Irwin County | 357 | Ocilla | 1818 | 9,931 |
| Jackson County | 342 | Jefferson | 1796 | 41,589 |
| Jasper County | 370 | Monticello | 1807 | 11,426 |
| Jeff Davis County | 333 | Hazlehurst | 1905 | 12,684 |
| Jefferson County | 528 | Louisville | 1796 | 17,266 |
| Jenkins County | 350 | Millen | 1905 | 8,575 |
| Johnson County | 304 | Wrightsville | 1858 | 8,560 |
| Jones County | 394 | Gray | 1807 | 23,639 |
| Lamar County | 185 | Barnesville | 1920 | 15,912 |
| Lanier County | 187 | Lakeland | 1920 | 7,241 |
| Laurens County | 813 | Dublin | 1807 | 44,874 |
| Lee County | 356 | Leesburg | 1826 | 24,757 |
| Liberty County | 519 | Hinesville | 1777 | 61,610 |
| Lincoln County | 211 | Lincolnton | 1796 | 8,348 |
| Long County | 401 | Ludowici | 1920 | 10,304 |
| Lowndes County | 504 | Valdosta | 1825 | 92,115 |
| Lumpkin County | 284 | Dahlonega | 1832 | 21,016 |
| Macon County | 403 | Oglethorpe | 1837 | 14,074 |
| Madison County | 284 | Danielsville | 1811 | 25,730 |
| Marion County | 367 | Buena Vista | 1827 | 7,144 |
| McDuffie County | 260 | Thomson | 1870 | 21,231 |
| McIntosh County | 434 | Darien | 1793 | 10,847 |
| Meriwether County | 503 | Greenville | 1827 | 22,534 |
| Miller County | 283 | Colquitt | 1856 | 6,383 |
| Mitchell County | 512 | Camilla | 1857 | 23,932 |
| Monroe County | 396 | Forsyth | 1821 | 21,757 |
| Montgomery County | 245 | Mount Vernon | 1793 | 8,270 |
| Morgan County | 350 | Madison | 1807 | 15,457 |
| Murray County | 344 | Chatsworth | 1832 | 36,506 |
| Newton County | 276 | Covington | 1821 | 62,001 |
| Oconee County | 186 | Watkinsville | 1875 | 26,225 |
| Oglethorpe County | 441 | Lexington | 1793 | 12,635 |
| Paulding County | 314 | Dallas | 1832 | 81,678 |
| Peach County | 151 | Fort Valley | 1824 | 23,668 |
| Pickens County | 232 | Jasper | 1853 | 22,983 |
| Pierce County | 343 | Blackshear | 1857 | 15,636 |
| Pike County | 218 | Zebulon | 1822 | 13,688 |
| Polk County | 311 | Cedartown | 1851 | 38,127 |
| Pulaski County | 247 | Hawkinsville | 1808 | 9,588 |
| Putnam County | 344 | Eatonton | 1807 | 18,812 |
| Quitman County | 152 | Georgetown | 1858 | 2,598 |
| Rabun County | 371 | Clayton | 1819 | 15,050 |
| Randolph County | 429 | Cuthbert | 1828 | 7,791 |
| Rockdale County | 131 | Conyers | 1870 | 70,111 |
| Schley County | 168 | Ellaville | 1857 | 3,766 |
| Screven County | 648 | Sylvania | 1793 | 15,374 |
| Seminole County | 238 | Donalsonville | 1920 | 9,369 |
| Spaulding County | 198 | Griffin | 1851 | 58,417 |
| Stephens County | 179 | Toccoa | 1905 | 25,435 |
| Stewart County | 459 | Lumpkin | 1830 | 5,252 |
| Sumter County | 485 | Americus | 1831 | 33,200 |
| Talbot County | 393 | Talbotton | 1827 | 6,498 |
| Taliaferro County | 195 | Crawfordville | 1825 | 2,077 |
| Tattnall County | 484 | Reidsville | 1801 | 22,305 |
| Taylor County | 378 | Butler | 1852 | 8,815 |
| Telfair County | 441 | McRae | 1807 | 11,794 |
| Terrell County | 336 | Dawson | 1856 | 10,970 |
| Thomas County | 548 | Thomasville | 1825 | 42,737 |
| Tift County | 265 | Tifton | 1905 | 38,407 |
| Toombs County | 367 | Lyons | 1905 | 26,067 |
| Towns County | 166 | Hiawassee | 1856 | 9,319 |
| Treutlen County | 201 | Soperton | 1917 | 6,854 |
| Troup County | 414 | LaGrange | 1826 | 58,779 |
| Turner County | 286 | Ashburn | 1905 | 9,504 |
| Twiggs County | 360 | Jeffersonville | 1809 | 10,590 |
| Union County | 323 | Blairsville | 1832 | 17,289 |
| Upson County | 326 | Thomaston | 1824 | 27,597 |
| Walker County | 446 | Lafayette | 1833 | 61,053 |
| Walton County | 329 | Monroe | 1803 | 60,687 |
| Ware County | 903 | Waycross | 1824 | 35,483 |
| Warren County | 286 | Warrenton | 1793 | 6,336 |
| Washington County | 680 | Sandersville | 1784 | 21,176 |
| Wayne County | 645 | Jesup | 1803 | 26,565 |
| Webster County | 210 | Preston | 1853 | 2,390 |
| Wheeler County | 298 | Alamo | 1912 | 6,179 |
| White County | 242 | Cleveland | 1857 | 19,944 |
| Whitfield County | 290 | Dalton | 1851 | 83,525 |
| Wilcox County | 380 | Abbeville | 1857 | 8,577 |
| Wilkes County | 471 | Washington | 1777 | 10,687 |
| Wilkinson County | 447 | Irwinton | 1803 | 10,220 |
| Worth County | 570 | Sylvester | 1853 | 21,967 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. | ||||
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