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Most sparsely populated, Georgia counties · 2020

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

01Taliaferro County, GAGA1,6628−25%

02Clinch County, GAGA6,8478−2%

03Baker County, GAGA2,7258−29%

04Echols County, GAGA3,6859−2%

05Webster County, GAGA2,36911−2%

06Stewart County, GAGA4,63112+1%

07Clay County, GAGA2,81515−15%

08Talbot County, GAGA5,70915−12%

09Quitman County, GAGA2,25415−14%

10Randolph County, GAGA6,15615−18%

11Charlton County, GAGA13,12116+22%

12Warren County, GAGA5,26918−18%

13Hancock County, GAGA8,68219−13%

14Wilkinson County, GAGA8,65020−13%

15Calhoun County, GAGA5,41320−12%

16Glascock County, GAGA3,14120+13%

17Wilkes County, GAGA9,54020−10%

18Marion County, GAGA7,67621+5%

19Taylor County, GAGA7,81821−11%

20Early County, GAGA10,45521−12%

21Miller County, GAGA5,81221−6%

22Screven County, GAGA14,40822−9%

23Twiggs County, GAGA7,59722−24%

24Wilcox County, GAGA8,79723+2%

25Atkinson County, GAGA8,45424+9%

26Jenkins County, GAGA8,84325+1%

27Wheeler County, GAGA7,57025+21%

28McIntosh County, GAGA11,98925+1%

29Schley County, GAGA4,59327+21%

30Irwin County, GAGA9,02027−3%

31Terrell County, GAGA8,65627−16%

32Telfair County, GAGA11,19529+6%

33Dooly County, GAGA11,15629−3%

34Washington County, GAGA19,45329−6%

35Burke County, GAGA24,40830+11%

36Jefferson County, GAGA15,01130−9%

37Macon County, GAGA11,75630−14%

38Johnson County, GAGA9,31030+7%

39Turner County, GAGA8,98332−5%

40Treutlen County, GAGA6,46632−7%

41Brooks County, GAGA16,10133−1%

42Emanuel County, GAGA23,14733+4%

43Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41534+17%

44Montgomery County, GAGA8,63536+4%

45Appling County, GAGA19,10036+6%

46Worth County, GAGA20,05936−5%

47Lincoln County, GAGA8,11237−8%

48Crawford County, GAGA12,20637−3%

49Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46538−36%

50Seminole County, GAGA9,16239−2%

51Heard County, GAGA12,14939+4%

52Bacon County, GAGA11,07039+10%

53Pulaski County, GAGA10,17240+3%

54Jasper County, GAGA17,63240+28%

55Berrien County, GAGA18,93240+12%

56Dodge County, GAGA19,66340+4%

57Ware County, GAGA36,90640+2%

58Long County, GAGA21,55740+57%

59Brantley County, GAGA18,93641+23%

60Meriwether County, GAGA21,51641−9%

61Mitchell County, GAGA20,46742−9%

62Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,21945+17%

63Candler County, GAGA11,27545+15%

64Rabun County, GAGA17,76446+12%

65Wayne County, GAGA32,48147+13%

66Tattnall County, GAGA24,37648+2%

67Greene County, GAGA21,36749+31%

68Decatur County, GAGA29,43249+4%

69Lanier County, GAGA10,62350+36%

70Elbert County, GAGA20,07256−4%

71Grady County, GAGA26,59058+11%

72Morgan County, GAGA22,09558+30%

73Pierce County, GAGA20,76458+26%

74Bleckley County, GAGA12,86658+8%

75Evans County, GAGA11,02859+3%

76Sumter County, GAGA28,80161−11%

77Laurens County, GAGA51,04161+10%

78Putnam County, GAGA23,72264+17%

79Fannin County, GAGA26,11165+28%

80Ben Hill County, GAGA17,09969−2%

81Monroe County, GAGA32,02371+28%

82Jones County, GAGA29,17172+20%

83Coffee County, GAGA44,40773+15%

84Gilmer County, GAGA33,89474+34%

85Crisp County, GAGA19,23774−8%

86Toombs County, GAGA27,54574+4%

87Harris County, GAGA37,28075+46%

88Towns County, GAGA13,28575+34%

89Cook County, GAGA18,23275+9%

90Union County, GAGA27,85976+42%

91Banks County, GAGA21,27378+25%

92Chattooga County, GAGA25,30080−2%

93Colquitt County, GAGA47,43884+9%

94McDuffie County, GAGA21,64084+2%

95Thomas County, GAGA46,36884+7%

96Upson County, GAGA28,50086+0%

97Camden County, GAGA60,14387+25%

98Pike County, GAGA20,93287+38%

99Franklin County, GAGA25,94890+15%

100Lee County, GAGA34,17993+34%

101Dade County, GAGA16,15493+7%

102Lamar County, GAGA20,941101+16%

103Bryan County, GAGA52,062102+91%

104Haralson County, GAGA33,066106+16%

105Madison County, GAGA32,919107+17%

106Hart County, GAGA28,639111+12%

107Murray County, GAGA41,607116+9%

108White County, GAGA29,802116+40%

109Lumpkin County, GAGA36,178118+59%

110Bulloch County, GAGA86,949120+45%

111Liberty County, GAGA70,313126+6%

112Dawson County, GAGA35,365127+67%

113Effingham County, GAGA74,397135+73%

114Polk County, GAGA45,514138+12%

115Butts County, GAGA27,218138+30%

116Pickens County, GAGA37,167143+45%

117Stephens County, GAGA27,854150+5%

118Walker County, GAGA70,250152+11%

119Tift County, GAGA42,254158+8%

120Gordon County, GAGA61,701161+30%

121Habersham County, GAGA50,416166+28%

122Troup County, GAGA72,844168+18%

123Baldwin County, GAGA44,029169−2%

124Peach County, GAGA29,877186+18%

125Floyd County, GAGA101,378193+9%

126Glynn County, GAGA87,599201+25%

127Jackson County, GAGA99,265224+83%

128Oconee County, GAGA44,893227+59%

129Bartow County, GAGA120,800237+43%

130Lowndes County, GAGA122,867238+28%

131Carroll County, GAGA131,036239+37%

132Dougherty County, GAGA82,616261−11%

133Walton County, GAGA112,696296+59%

134Coweta County, GAGA160,240331+64%

135Spalding County, GAGA70,775343+15%

136Whitfield County, GAGA106,212354+23%

137Newton County, GAGA125,583411+81%

138Catoosa County, GAGA69,628419+27%

139Houston County, GAGA178,214435+48%

140Hall County, GAGA226,568517+46%

141Barrow County, GAGA99,773519+81%

142Columbia County, GAGA169,189538+75%

143Paulding County, GAGA190,996540+106%

144Fayette County, GAGA125,156613+31%

145Bibb County, GAGA157,556631+2%

146Cherokee County, GAGA299,273633+88%

147Richmond County, GAGA206,559637+3%

148Chatham County, GAGA311,855682+27%

149Douglas County, GAGA154,293720+56%

150Rockdale County, GAGA98,416721+33%

151Henry County, GAGA264,922755+102%

152Muscogee County, GAGA202,171956+11%

153Clarke County, GAGA129,9211,079+27%

154Forsyth County, GAGA282,8051,119+155%

155Fulton County, GAGA1,098,7912,025+31%

156Clayton County, GAGA297,4712,099+26%

157Gwinnett County, GAGA1,018,0992,220+63%

158Cobb County, GAGA793,3452,255+26%

159DeKalb County, GAGA774,3942,856+15%

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