Ranking of Georgia Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all Georgia counties, DeKalb County had the highest population density per square mile (2.86K people per sqr mile), followed by Cobb County (2.26K people per sqr mile), and Gwinnett County (2.22K people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Taliaferro County had the lowest population density (8.01 people per sqr mile), followed by Clinch County (8.28 people per sqr mile), and Baker County (8.41 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all Georgia counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Georgia Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
DeKalb
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Gwinnett
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Fulton
Forsyth
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Muscogee
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Ranking of Georgia Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 DeKalb County 2854.94
2 Cobb County 2254.84
3 Gwinnett County 2221.82
4 Clayton County 2100.88
5 Fulton County 2025.29
6 Forsyth County 1118.71
7 Clarke County 1079.25
8 Muscogee County 955.78
9 Henry County 755.28
10 Rockdale County 720.78
11 Douglas County 720.69
12 Chatham County 681.78
13 Richmond County 637.01
14 Cherokee County 633.18
15 Bibb County 630.94
16 Fayette County 612.63
17 Paulding County 539.97
18 Columbia County 537.61
19 Barrow County 518.55
20 Hall County 516.90
21 Houston County 435.14
22 Catoosa County 418.54
23 Newton County 410.82
24 Whitfield County 354.16
25 Spalding County 343.45
26 Coweta County 331.37
27 Walton County 295.80
28 Dougherty County 261.04
29 Carroll County 238.71
30 Lowndes County 237.82
31 Bartow County 237.30
32 Oconee County 226.75
33 Jackson County 223.48
34 Glynn County 201.36
35 Floyd County 193.37
36 Peach County 186.19
37 Baldwin County 169.31
38 Troup County 167.69
39 Habersham County 166.26
40 Gordon County 161.44
41 Tift County 158.47
42 Walker County 151.56
43 Stephens County 149.75
44 Pickens County 143.14
45 Butts County 138.46
46 Polk County 138.09
47 Effingham County 135.26
48 Dawson County 127.11
49 Liberty County 126.35
50 Bulloch County 119.98
51 Lumpkin County 118.36
52 White County 116.32
53 Murray County 116.03
54 Hart County 111.13
55 Madison County 106.69
56 Haralson County 106.03
57 Bryan County 102.24
58 Lamar County 100.82
59 Dade County 93.41
60 Lee County 93.19
61 Franklin County 89.63
62 Pike County 87.41
63 Camden County 86.88
64 Upson County 85.64
65 Thomas County 84.09
66 McDuffie County 84.05
67 Colquitt County 83.90
68 Chattooga County 79.68
69 Banks County 77.53
70 Union County 76.48
71 Cook County 75.42
72 Towns County 75.04
73 Harris County 74.75
74 Toombs County 74.26
75 Crisp County 73.82
76 Gilmer County 73.56
77 Coffee County 72.76
78 Jones County 71.96
79 Monroe County 70.58
80 Ben Hill County 68.74
81 Fannin County 65.41
82 Putnam County 63.96
83 Laurens County 61.40
84 Sumter County 61.33
85 Evans County 58.91
86 Bleckley County 58.29
87 Pierce County 57.91
88 Morgan County 57.85
89 Grady County 57.73
90 Elbert County 55.93
91 Lanier County 50.26
92 Decatur County 49.17
93 Greene County 48.81
94 Tattnall County 47.50
95 Wayne County 46.97
96 Rabun County 45.61
97 Candler County 45.18
98 Jeff Davis County 44.66
99 Mitchell County 42.48
100 Meriwether County 41.15
101 Brantley County 40.66
102 Long County 40.38
103 Ware County 40.31
104 Dodge County 40.17
105 Berrien County 40.06
106 Jasper County 39.60
107 Pulaski County 39.54
108 Bacon County 39.21
109 Heard County 38.56
110 Seminole County 38.51
111 Chattahoochee County 38.45
112 Crawford County 37.33
113 Lincoln County 36.55
114 Worth County 36.42
115 Appling County 36.29
116 Montgomery County 35.71
117 Oglethorpe County 33.77
118 Emanuel County 33.45
119 Brooks County 33.05
120 Treutlen County 32.12
121 Turner County 31.55
122 Johnson County 30.33
123 Macon County 30.16
124 Jefferson County 29.83
125 Burke County 29.74
126 Washington County 29.46
127 Dooly County 28.55
128 Telfair County 28.53
129 Terrell County 27.35
130 Irwin County 27.28
131 Schley County 27.24
132 McIntosh County 25.44
133 Wheeler County 25.28
134 Jenkins County 24.97
135 Atkinson County 24.18
136 Wilcox County 23.20
137 Twiggs County 22.33
138 Screven County 21.78
139 Miller County 21.25
140 Early County 21.17
141 Taylor County 20.75
142 Marion County 20.50
143 Wilkes County 20.37
144 Glascock County 20.06
145 Calhoun County 19.88
146 Wilkinson County 19.76
147 Hancock County 18.54
148 Warren County 18.34
149 Charlton County 16.05
150 Randolph County 15.00
151 Quitman County 14.78
152 Talbot County 14.65
153 Clay County 14.58
154 Stewart County 11.58
155 Webster County 11.20
156 Echols County 8.79
157 Baker County 8.41
158 Clinch County 8.28
159 Taliaferro County 8.01