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Most sparsely populated, Georgia counties · 2010

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, GAGA6,8478−1%

02Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6629−17%

03Echols County, GAGA3,68510+7%

04Baker County, GAGA2,72510−15%

05Stewart County, GAGA4,63113+15%

06Webster County, GAGA2,36913+17%

07Charlton County, GAGA13,12116+18%

08Clay County, GAGA2,81516−5%

09Quitman County, GAGA2,25417−3%

10Talbot County, GAGA5,70918+6%

11Randolph County, GAGA6,15618−1%

12Hancock County, GAGA8,68220−6%

13Warren County, GAGA5,26921−8%

14Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65021−6%

15Glascock County, GAGA3,14121+21%

16Early County, GAGA10,45521−11%

17Miller County, GAGA5,81222−4%

18Wilkes County, GAGA9,54023−1%

19Screven County, GAGA14,40823−5%

20Taylor County, GAGA7,81824+1%

21Calhoun County, GAGA5,41324+6%

22Marion County, GAGA7,67624+22%

23Jenkins County, GAGA8,84324−3%

24Atkinson County, GAGA8,45424+10%

25Wilcox County, GAGA8,79724+8%

26Wheeler County, GAGA7,57025+20%

27Twiggs County, GAGA7,59725−15%

28Irwin County, GAGA9,02027−4%

29Terrell County, GAGA8,65628−15%

30Burke County, GAGA24,40828+5%

31Schley County, GAGA4,59330+33%

32Washington County, GAGA19,45331+0%

33Turner County, GAGA8,98331−6%

34Jefferson County, GAGA15,01132−2%

35Brooks County, GAGA16,10133−1%

36Johnson County, GAGA9,31033+17%

37Emanuel County, GAGA23,14733+3%

38McIntosh County, GAGA11,98933+32%

39Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41534+18%

40Treutlen County, GAGA6,46635+0%

41Appling County, GAGA19,10036+5%

42Long County, GAGA21,55736+40%

43Seminole County, GAGA9,16237−7%

44Macon County, GAGA11,75637+5%

45Jasper County, GAGA17,63238+22%

46Telfair County, GAGA11,19538+40%

47Montgomery County, GAGA8,63538+10%

48Worth County, GAGA20,05938−1%

49Dooly County, GAGA11,15638+29%

50Lincoln County, GAGA8,11238−4%

51Crawford County, GAGA12,20639+1%

52Bacon County, GAGA11,07039+10%

53Heard County, GAGA12,14940+7%

54Ware County, GAGA36,90640+2%

55Greene County, GAGA21,36741+11%

56Brantley County, GAGA18,93642+26%

57Berrien County, GAGA18,93243+19%

58Meriwether County, GAGA21,51644−2%

59Dodge County, GAGA19,66344+14%

60Rabun County, GAGA17,76444+8%

61Candler County, GAGA11,27545+15%

62Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46545−24%

63Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21946+19%

64Mitchell County, GAGA20,46746−2%

65Decatur County, GAGA29,43247−1%

66Wayne County, GAGA32,48147+13%

67Pulaski County, GAGA10,17248+25%

68Lanier County, GAGA10,62351+39%

69Morgan County, GAGA22,09551+16%

70Tattnall County, GAGA24,37653+14%

71Grady County, GAGA26,59055+6%

72Pierce County, GAGA20,76455+20%

73Elbert County, GAGA20,07257−2%

74Laurens County, GAGA51,04160+8%

75Evans County, GAGA11,02860+5%

76Bleckley County, GAGA12,86661+12%

77Fannin County, GAGA26,11161+20%

78Putnam County, GAGA23,72262+13%

79Towns County, GAGA13,28563+12%

80Union County, GAGA27,85966+24%

81Gilmer County, GAGA33,89466+21%

82Monroe County, GAGA32,02367+21%

83Sumter County, GAGA28,80168−1%

84Harris County, GAGA37,28069+35%

85Bryan County, GAGA52,06269+29%

86Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09971+1%

87Coffee County, GAGA44,40772+13%

88Jones County, GAGA29,17173+21%

89Toombs County, GAGA27,54575+4%

90Cook County, GAGA18,23275+9%

91Banks County, GAGA21,27379+28%

92Lee County, GAGA34,17980+14%

93Camden County, GAGA60,14380+16%

94Thomas County, GAGA46,36882+5%

95Pike County, GAGA20,93283+31%

96Chattooga County, GAGA25,30083+2%

97Colquitt County, GAGA47,43883+8%

98Upson County, GAGA28,50084−2%

99Franklin County, GAGA25,94885+9%

100McDuffie County, GAGA21,64085+3%

101Crisp County, GAGA19,23786+7%

102Dade County, GAGA16,15496+10%

103Madison County, GAGA32,919100+9%

104Lamar County, GAGA20,941100+15%

105Haralson County, GAGA33,066102+12%

106Bulloch County, GAGA86,949104+25%

107Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178106+43%

108Dawson County, GAGA35,365106+40%

109Hart County, GAGA28,639108+10%

110Effingham County, GAGA74,397109+39%

111White County, GAGA29,802113+36%

112Murray County, GAGA41,607115+9%

113Liberty County, GAGA70,313123+3%

114Pickens County, GAGA37,167127+28%

115Butts County, GAGA27,218129+21%

116Polk County, GAGA45,514134+9%

117Stephens County, GAGA27,854146+3%

118Tift County, GAGA42,254154+4%

119Walker County, GAGA70,250154+13%

120Gordon County, GAGA61,701155+25%

121Habersham County, GAGA50,416155+20%

122Troup County, GAGA72,844162+14%

123Baldwin County, GAGA44,029177+2%

124Oconee County, GAGA44,893178+25%

125Jackson County, GAGA99,265178+45%

126Peach County, GAGA29,877184+17%

127Floyd County, GAGA101,378189+6%

128Glynn County, GAGA87,599190+18%

129Bartow County, GAGA120,800218+32%

130Lowndes County, GAGA122,867220+19%

131Carroll County, GAGA131,036221+27%

132Walton County, GAGA112,696256+38%

133Dougherty County, GAGA82,616288−2%

134Coweta County, GAGA160,240289+43%

135Spalding County, GAGA70,775327+10%

136Whitfield County, GAGA106,212353+23%

137Newton County, GAGA125,583365+61%

138Houston County, GAGA178,214372+26%

139Catoosa County, GAGA69,628394+20%

140Columbia County, GAGA169,189427+39%

141Barrow County, GAGA99,773431+50%

142Paulding County, GAGA190,996456+74%

143Hall County, GAGA226,568458+29%

144Cherokee County, GAGA299,273509+51%

145Fayette County, GAGA125,156548+17%

146Chatham County, GAGA311,855613+14%

147Richmond County, GAGA206,559618+0%

148Bibb County, GAGA157,556624+1%

149Henry County, GAGA264,922640+71%

150Rockdale County, GAGA98,416656+22%

151Douglas County, GAGA154,293661+44%

152Forsyth County, GAGA282,805781+78%

153Muscogee County, GAGA202,171877+2%

154Clarke County, GAGA129,921978+15%

155Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7911,748+13%

156Clayton County, GAGA297,4711,830+10%

157Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0991,868+37%

158Cobb County, GAGA793,3452,026+13%

159DeKalb County, GAGA774,3942,585+4%

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