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Most sparsely populated, Georgia counties · 1990

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

01Echols County, GAGA3,6856−38%

02Clinch County, GAGA6,8478−10%

03Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66210−8%

04Baker County, GAGA2,72511−11%

05Webster County, GAGA2,36911−5%

06Charlton County, GAGA13,12111−17%

07Stewart County, GAGA4,63112+8%

08Quitman County, GAGA2,25415−15%

09Marion County, GAGA7,67615−22%

10Long County, GAGA21,55715−40%

11Glascock County, GAGA3,14116−8%

12Wheeler County, GAGA7,57017−21%

13Talbot County, GAGA5,70917+0%

14Clay County, GAGA2,81517+0%

15Calhoun County, GAGA5,41318−21%

16Atkinson County, GAGA8,45418−18%

17Wilcox County, GAGA8,79719−18%

18Randolph County, GAGA6,15619+3%

19Hancock County, GAGA8,68219−12%

20McIntosh County, GAGA11,98920−20%

21Taylor County, GAGA7,81820−13%

22Warren County, GAGA5,26921−4%

23Screven County, GAGA14,40821−10%

24Schley County, GAGA4,59321−5%

25Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41522−23%

26Miller County, GAGA5,81222−2%

27Wilkes County, GAGA9,54023−1%

28Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65023+0%

29Jasper County, GAGA17,63223−26%

30Early County, GAGA10,45523−4%

31Jenkins County, GAGA8,84324−4%

32Irwin County, GAGA9,02024−13%

33Burke County, GAGA24,40825−7%

34Brantley County, GAGA18,93625−24%

35Telfair County, GAGA11,19525−7%

36Dooly County, GAGA11,15625−14%

37Twiggs County, GAGA7,59727−7%

38Johnson County, GAGA9,31027−3%

39Crawford County, GAGA12,20628−28%

40Lanier County, GAGA10,62328−24%

41Washington County, GAGA19,45328−10%

42Heard County, GAGA12,14929−22%

43Montgomery County, GAGA8,63530−13%

44Treutlen County, GAGA6,46630−13%

45Emanuel County, GAGA23,14730−6%

46Greene County, GAGA21,36730−18%

47Turner County, GAGA8,98330−8%

48Appling County, GAGA19,10031−10%

49Berrien County, GAGA18,93231−13%

50Brooks County, GAGA16,10131−6%

51Gilmer County, GAGA33,89431−43%

52Rabun County, GAGA17,76431−23%

53Terrell County, GAGA8,65632−3%

54Candler County, GAGA11,27532−19%

55Pulaski County, GAGA10,17233−15%

56Macon County, GAGA11,75633−7%

57Jefferson County, GAGA15,01133+1%

58Bacon County, GAGA11,07034−5%

59Worth County, GAGA20,05935−10%

60Wayne County, GAGA32,48135−16%

61Bryan County, GAGA52,06235−34%

62Lincoln County, GAGA8,11235−11%

63Dodge County, GAGA19,66336−8%

64Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21936−5%

65Tattnall County, GAGA24,37637−21%

66Morgan County, GAGA22,09537−17%

67Union County, GAGA27,85937−31%

68Seminole County, GAGA9,16238−4%

69Harris County, GAGA37,28038−25%

70Pierce County, GAGA20,76439−15%

71Ware County, GAGA36,90639−0%

72Mitchell County, GAGA20,46740−15%

73Towns County, GAGA13,28541−28%

74Putnam County, GAGA23,72241−25%

75Fannin County, GAGA26,11141−19%

76Decatur County, GAGA29,43243−10%

77Monroe County, GAGA32,02343−21%

78Banks County, GAGA21,27344−29%

79Grady County, GAGA26,59045−14%

80Dawson County, GAGA35,36545−41%

81Meriwether County, GAGA21,51645−1%

82Lee County, GAGA34,17946−34%

83Pike County, GAGA20,93247−25%

84Evans County, GAGA11,02848−17%

85Camden County, GAGA60,14348−31%

86Bleckley County, GAGA12,86648−11%

87Laurens County, GAGA51,04150−11%

88Coffee County, GAGA44,40750−21%

89Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17852−31%

90Jones County, GAGA29,17153−12%

91Effingham County, GAGA74,39754−32%

92Elbert County, GAGA20,07254−8%

93White County, GAGA29,80254−35%

94Cook County, GAGA18,23259−15%

95Pickens County, GAGA37,16762−37%

96Sumter County, GAGA28,80163−9%

97Franklin County, GAGA25,94864−18%

98Bulloch County, GAGA86,94964−23%

99Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09965−7%

100Toombs County, GAGA27,54566−8%

101Colquitt County, GAGA47,43867−13%

102Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46568+14%

103Chattooga County, GAGA25,30071−13%

104Lamar County, GAGA20,94171−18%

105Thomas County, GAGA46,36872−9%

106Crisp County, GAGA19,23773−9%

107Madison County, GAGA32,91975−18%

108Dade County, GAGA16,15476−13%

109Murray County, GAGA41,60776−28%

110Haralson County, GAGA33,06678−14%

111McDuffie County, GAGA21,64078−5%

112Upson County, GAGA28,50081−5%

113Butts County, GAGA27,21883−21%

114Hart County, GAGA28,63985−14%

115Jackson County, GAGA99,26588−28%

116Oconee County, GAGA44,89396−33%

117Gordon County, GAGA61,70198−20%

118Habersham County, GAGA50,416100−23%

119Liberty County, GAGA70,313102−14%

120Polk County, GAGA45,514109−11%

121Walton County, GAGA112,696118−36%

122Bartow County, GAGA120,800122−26%

123Coweta County, GAGA160,240122−40%

124Stephens County, GAGA27,854130−9%

125Walker County, GAGA70,250131−4%

126Paulding County, GAGA190,996133−49%

127Troup County, GAGA72,844134−6%

128Tift County, GAGA42,254134−9%

129Peach County, GAGA29,877141−10%

130Carroll County, GAGA131,036143−18%

131Glynn County, GAGA87,599149−8%

132Newton County, GAGA125,583153−33%

133Baldwin County, GAGA44,029153−12%

134Lowndes County, GAGA122,867153−18%

135Floyd County, GAGA101,378159−10%

136Henry County, GAGA264,922184−51%

137Barrow County, GAGA99,773185−36%

138Forsyth County, GAGA282,805196−55%

139Cherokee County, GAGA299,273214−36%

140Columbia County, GAGA169,189228−26%

141Houston County, GAGA178,214237−19%

142Hall County, GAGA226,568243−31%

143Whitfield County, GAGA106,212249−13%

144Catoosa County, GAGA69,628262−20%

145Spalding County, GAGA70,775278−7%

146Dougherty County, GAGA82,616293+0%

147Fayette County, GAGA125,156321−32%

148Douglas County, GAGA154,293355−23%

149Rockdale County, GAGA98,416417−23%

150Chatham County, GAGA311,855501−7%

151Richmond County, GAGA206,559585−5%

152Bibb County, GAGA157,556601−3%

153Clarke County, GAGA129,921734−14%

154Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,099819−40%

155Muscogee County, GAGA202,171828−4%

156Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7911,232−20%

157Clayton County, GAGA297,4711,284−23%

158Cobb County, GAGA793,3451,318−26%

159DeKalb County, GAGA774,3942,039−18%

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