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
2.86K
Cobb
2.26K
Gwinnett
2.22K
Clayton
2.10K
Fulton
2.03K
Forsyth
1.12K
Clarke
1.08K
Muscogee
955.78
Henry
755.28
Rockdale
720.78
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
Rank
County
Population Density
1 DeKalb County 2,854.94
2 Cobb County 2,254.84
3 Gwinnett County 2,221.82
4 Clayton County 2,100.88
5 Fulton County 2,025.29
6 Forsyth County 1,118.71
7 Clarke County 1,079.25
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
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