Ranking of Georgia Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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.
Rank | County | Population Density |
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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 |