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Most sparsely populated, Georgia counties

Georgia counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 159 counties in Georgia that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Baker County, GAGA2,7258−33%

02Clinch County, GAGA6,8478−0%

03Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6629−20%

04Echols County, GAGA3,6859−2%

05Stewart County, GAGA4,63110−12%

06Webster County, GAGA2,36911−1%

07Randolph County, GAGA6,15614−21%

08Clay County, GAGA2,81514−16%

09Talbot County, GAGA5,70915−12%

10Quitman County, GAGA2,25415−13%

11Charlton County, GAGA13,12117+28%

12Hancock County, GAGA8,68218−14%

13Warren County, GAGA5,26919−17%

14Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65019−15%

15Calhoun County, GAGA5,41319−14%

16Wilkes County, GAGA9,54020−11%

17Early County, GAGA10,45520−15%

18Miller County, GAGA5,81221−9%

19Taylor County, GAGA7,81821−11%

20Marion County, GAGA7,67621+7%

21Twiggs County, GAGA7,59721−28%

22Glascock County, GAGA3,14122+23%

23Screven County, GAGA14,40822−6%

24Wilcox County, GAGA8,79723+3%

25Atkinson County, GAGA8,45425+11%

26Irwin County, GAGA9,02025−9%

27Jenkins County, GAGA8,84325+3%

28Telfair County, GAGA11,19526−5%

29Wheeler County, GAGA7,57026+23%

30Terrell County, GAGA8,65626−21%

31Schley County, GAGA4,59328+22%

32McIntosh County, GAGA11,98928+11%

33Dooly County, GAGA11,15628−3%

34Jefferson County, GAGA15,01129−13%

35Washington County, GAGA19,45329−8%

36Macon County, GAGA11,75629−16%

37Burke County, GAGA24,40830+10%

38Johnson County, GAGA9,31031+9%

39Turner County, GAGA8,98331−5%

40Treutlen County, GAGA6,46632−6%

41Brooks County, GAGA16,10133−2%

42Emanuel County, GAGA23,14734+6%

43Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46534−43%

44Worth County, GAGA20,05935−9%

45Montgomery County, GAGA8,63536+4%

46Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41537+30%

47Crawford County, GAGA12,20638−2%

48Appling County, GAGA19,10038+10%

49Lincoln County, GAGA8,11239−3%

50Seminole County, GAGA9,16239−2%

51Bacon County, GAGA11,07039+10%

52Dodge County, GAGA19,66340+3%

53Mitchell County, GAGA20,46740−14%

54Pulaski County, GAGA10,17241+6%

55Ware County, GAGA36,90641+4%

56Heard County, GAGA12,14941+10%

57Berrien County, GAGA18,93242+17%

58Brantley County, GAGA18,93643+29%

59Meriwether County, GAGA21,51643−5%

60Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21946+20%

61Candler County, GAGA11,27546+18%

62Jasper County, GAGA17,63248+54%

63Rabun County, GAGA17,76448+18%

64Decatur County, GAGA29,43249+4%

65Wayne County, GAGA32,48151+22%

66Tattnall County, GAGA24,37651+9%

67Long County, GAGA21,55754+109%

68Lanier County, GAGA10,62354+47%

69Greene County, GAGA21,36755+48%

70Elbert County, GAGA20,07257−2%

71Grady County, GAGA26,59059+12%

72Bleckley County, GAGA12,86660+10%

73Sumter County, GAGA28,80160−13%

74Evans County, GAGA11,02860+5%

75Pierce County, GAGA20,76461+33%

76Laurens County, GAGA51,04163+14%

77Morgan County, GAGA22,09564+43%

78Fannin County, GAGA26,11167+32%

79Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09968−2%

80Putnam County, GAGA23,72269+26%

81Crisp County, GAGA19,23771−13%

82Jones County, GAGA29,17174+23%

83Coffee County, GAGA44,40775+19%

84Toombs County, GAGA27,54576+6%

85Gilmer County, GAGA33,89480+45%

86Towns County, GAGA13,28580+43%

87Cook County, GAGA18,23280+16%

88Harris County, GAGA37,28080+57%

89Chattooga County, GAGA25,30081−1%

90Monroe County, GAGA32,02381+47%

91McDuffie County, GAGA21,64084+2%

92Thomas County, GAGA46,36885+8%

93Union County, GAGA27,85986+61%

94Colquitt County, GAGA47,43887+13%

95Upson County, GAGA28,50088+3%

96Banks County, GAGA21,27391+48%

97Dade County, GAGA16,15493+7%

98Camden County, GAGA60,14395+38%

99Lee County, GAGA34,17996+38%

100Pike County, GAGA20,93297+53%

101Franklin County, GAGA25,94899+28%

102Lamar County, GAGA20,941114+32%

103Madison County, GAGA32,919117+28%

104Haralson County, GAGA33,066117+29%

105Bryan County, GAGA52,062119+122%

106Murray County, GAGA41,607121+14%

107Hart County, GAGA28,639123+25%

108White County, GAGA29,802124+49%

109Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178128+72%

110Bulloch County, GAGA86,949129+55%

111Liberty County, GAGA70,313136+14%

112Polk County, GAGA45,514147+19%

113Butts County, GAGA27,218148+39%

114Effingham County, GAGA74,397155+98%

115Stephens County, GAGA27,854156+10%

116Walker County, GAGA70,250157+15%

117Pickens County, GAGA37,167160+62%

118Tift County, GAGA42,254162+10%

119Dawson County, GAGA35,365168+121%

120Baldwin County, GAGA44,029170−2%

121Gordon County, GAGA61,701173+40%

122Troup County, GAGA72,844176+24%

123Habersham County, GAGA50,416182+40%

124Peach County, GAGA29,877199+26%

125Floyd County, GAGA101,378199+12%

126Glynn County, GAGA87,599209+30%

127Oconee County, GAGA44,893244+71%

128Lowndes County, GAGA122,867247+33%

129Dougherty County, GAGA82,616251−14%

130Carroll County, GAGA131,036263+50%

131Bartow County, GAGA120,800263+59%

132Jackson County, GAGA99,265292+139%

133Walton County, GAGA112,696345+86%

134Spalding County, GAGA70,775361+21%

135Coweta County, GAGA160,240363+80%

136Whitfield County, GAGA106,212366+27%

137Catoosa County, GAGA69,628429+31%

138Newton County, GAGA125,583459+103%

139Houston County, GAGA178,214474+61%

140Hall County, GAGA226,568577+63%

141Columbia County, GAGA169,189583+89%

142Paulding County, GAGA190,996611+134%

143Barrow County, GAGA99,773620+116%

144Bibb County, GAGA157,556632+2%

145Richmond County, GAGA206,559637+3%

146Fayette County, GAGA125,156643+37%

147Cherokee County, GAGA299,273711+111%

148Chatham County, GAGA311,855721+34%

149Rockdale County, GAGA98,416758+40%

150Douglas County, GAGA154,293771+67%

151Henry County, GAGA264,922831+122%

152Muscogee County, GAGA202,171934+9%

153Clarke County, GAGA129,9211,089+28%

154Forsyth County, GAGA282,8051,259+187%

155Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7912,086+35%

156Clayton County, GAGA297,4712,098+26%

157Cobb County, GAGA793,3452,335+31%

158Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0992,361+73%

159DeKalb County, GAGA774,3942,893+16%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES