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Most sparsely populated, Georgia counties · 2000

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

01Clinch County, GAGA6,8478+0%

02Echols County, GAGA3,6859+0%

03Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66211+0%

04Webster County, GAGA2,36911+0%

05Stewart County, GAGA4,63111+0%

06Baker County, GAGA2,72512+0%

07Charlton County, GAGA13,12113+0%

08Talbot County, GAGA5,70917+0%

09Quitman County, GAGA2,25417+0%

10Clay County, GAGA2,81517+0%

11Glascock County, GAGA3,14118+0%

12Randolph County, GAGA6,15618+0%

13Marion County, GAGA7,67620+0%

14Wheeler County, GAGA7,57021+0%

15Hancock County, GAGA8,68221+0%

16Atkinson County, GAGA8,45422+0%

17Warren County, GAGA5,26922+0%

18Calhoun County, GAGA5,41323+0%

19Schley County, GAGA4,59323+0%

20Miller County, GAGA5,81223+0%

21Wilcox County, GAGA8,79723+0%

22Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65023+0%

23Wilkes County, GAGA9,54023+0%

24Taylor County, GAGA7,81823+0%

25Screven County, GAGA14,40824+0%

26Early County, GAGA10,45524+0%

27Jenkins County, GAGA8,84325+0%

28McIntosh County, GAGA11,98925+0%

29Long County, GAGA21,55726+0%

30Burke County, GAGA24,40827+0%

31Telfair County, GAGA11,19527+0%

32Irwin County, GAGA9,02028+0%

33Johnson County, GAGA9,31028+0%

34Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41529+0%

35Dooly County, GAGA11,15629+0%

36Twiggs County, GAGA7,59729+0%

37Jasper County, GAGA17,63231+0%

38Washington County, GAGA19,45331+0%

39Emanuel County, GAGA23,14732+0%

40Terrell County, GAGA8,65633+0%

41Jefferson County, GAGA15,01133+0%

42Brantley County, GAGA18,93633+0%

43Turner County, GAGA8,98333+0%

44Brooks County, GAGA16,10133+0%

45Appling County, GAGA19,10034+0%

46Montgomery County, GAGA8,63534+0%

47Treutlen County, GAGA6,46634+0%

48Macon County, GAGA11,75635+0%

49Bacon County, GAGA11,07036+0%

50Berrien County, GAGA18,93236+0%

51Lanier County, GAGA10,62337+0%

52Greene County, GAGA21,36737+0%

53Heard County, GAGA12,14937+0%

54Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21938+0%

55Crawford County, GAGA12,20638+0%

56Pulaski County, GAGA10,17238+0%

57Worth County, GAGA20,05938+0%

58Dodge County, GAGA19,66339+0%

59Candler County, GAGA11,27539+0%

60Seminole County, GAGA9,16239+0%

61Ware County, GAGA36,90639+0%

62Lincoln County, GAGA8,11240+0%

63Rabun County, GAGA17,76441+0%

64Wayne County, GAGA32,48141+0%

65Morgan County, GAGA22,09544+0%

66Meriwether County, GAGA21,51645+0%

67Pierce County, GAGA20,76446+0%

68Tattnall County, GAGA24,37646+0%

69Mitchell County, GAGA20,46747+0%

70Decatur County, GAGA29,43247+0%

71Harris County, GAGA37,28051+0%

72Fannin County, GAGA26,11151+0%

73Grady County, GAGA26,59052+0%

74Bryan County, GAGA52,06254+0%

75Union County, GAGA27,85954+0%

76Bleckley County, GAGA12,86654+0%

77Putnam County, GAGA23,72255+0%

78Monroe County, GAGA32,02355+0%

79Gilmer County, GAGA33,89455+0%

80Laurens County, GAGA51,04156+0%

81Towns County, GAGA13,28556+0%

82Evans County, GAGA11,02857+0%

83Elbert County, GAGA20,07258+0%

84Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46560+0%

85Jones County, GAGA29,17160+0%

86Banks County, GAGA21,27362+0%

87Coffee County, GAGA44,40763+0%

88Pike County, GAGA20,93263+0%

89Sumter County, GAGA28,80169+0%

90Cook County, GAGA18,23269+0%

91Camden County, GAGA60,14369+0%

92Lee County, GAGA34,17970+0%

93Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09970+0%

94Toombs County, GAGA27,54572+0%

95Lumpkin County, GAGA36,17874+0%

96Dawson County, GAGA35,36576+0%

97Colquitt County, GAGA47,43877+0%

98Franklin County, GAGA25,94878+0%

99Effingham County, GAGA74,39778+0%

100Thomas County, GAGA46,36878+0%

101Crisp County, GAGA19,23781+0%

102Chattooga County, GAGA25,30081+0%

103McDuffie County, GAGA21,64082+0%

104Bulloch County, GAGA86,94983+0%

105White County, GAGA29,80283+0%

106Upson County, GAGA28,50085+0%

107Lamar County, GAGA20,94187+0%

108Dade County, GAGA16,15487+0%

109Haralson County, GAGA33,06691+0%

110Madison County, GAGA32,91991+0%

111Hart County, GAGA28,63999+0%

112Pickens County, GAGA37,16799+0%

113Murray County, GAGA41,607106+0%

114Butts County, GAGA27,218106+0%

115Liberty County, GAGA70,313119+0%

116Jackson County, GAGA99,265122+0%

117Polk County, GAGA45,514123+0%

118Gordon County, GAGA61,701124+0%

119Habersham County, GAGA50,416130+0%

120Walker County, GAGA70,250137+0%

121Troup County, GAGA72,844142+0%

122Stephens County, GAGA27,854142+0%

123Oconee County, GAGA44,893142+0%

124Tift County, GAGA42,254147+0%

125Peach County, GAGA29,877157+0%

126Glynn County, GAGA87,599161+0%

127Bartow County, GAGA120,800166+0%

128Baldwin County, GAGA44,029173+0%

129Carroll County, GAGA131,036175+0%

130Floyd County, GAGA101,378178+0%

131Lowndes County, GAGA122,867185+0%

132Walton County, GAGA112,696186+0%

133Coweta County, GAGA160,240202+0%

134Newton County, GAGA125,583226+0%

135Paulding County, GAGA190,996261+0%

136Barrow County, GAGA99,773287+0%

137Whitfield County, GAGA106,212288+0%

138Dougherty County, GAGA82,616292+0%

139Houston County, GAGA178,214295+0%

140Spalding County, GAGA70,775298+0%

141Columbia County, GAGA169,189308+0%

142Catoosa County, GAGA69,628329+0%

143Cherokee County, GAGA299,273337+0%

144Hall County, GAGA226,568355+0%

145Henry County, GAGA264,922374+0%

146Forsyth County, GAGA282,805438+0%

147Douglas County, GAGA154,293460+0%

148Fayette County, GAGA125,156469+0%

149Chatham County, GAGA311,855536+0%

150Rockdale County, GAGA98,416540+0%

151Richmond County, GAGA206,559616+0%

152Bibb County, GAGA157,556617+0%

153Clarke County, GAGA129,921851+0%

154Muscogee County, GAGA202,171860+0%

155Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0991,365+0%

156Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7911,549+0%

157Clayton County, GAGA297,4711,668+0%

158Cobb County, GAGA793,3451,789+0%

159DeKalb County, GAGA774,3942,488+0%

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