Ranking of Georgia Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated Georgia county as at April 2020 was Fulton County (1.07M), followed by Gwinnett County (957.06K), and Cobb County (766.15K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of Georgia.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of Georgia Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Fulton
Gwinnett
Cobb
DeKalb
Clayton
Chatham
Cherokee
Forsyth
Henry
Muscogee
Ranking of Georgia Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Fulton County 1066710
2 Gwinnett County 957062
3 Cobb County 766149
4 DeKalb County 764382
5 Clayton County 297595
6 Chatham County 295291
7 Cherokee County 266620
8 Forsyth County 251283
9 Henry County 240712
10 Muscogee County 206922
11 Richmond County 206607
12 Hall County 203136
13 Paulding County 168661
14 Houston County 163633
15 Bibb County 157346
16 Columbia County 156010
17 Coweta County 146158
18 Douglas County 144237
19 Clarke County 128671
20 Fayette County 119194
21 Carroll County 119148
22 Lowndes County 118251
23 Newton County 112483
24 Bartow County 108901
25 Whitfield County 102864
26 Floyd County 98584
27 Walton County 96673
28 Rockdale County 93570
29 Dougherty County 85790
30 Glynn County 84499
31 Barrow County 83505
32 Bulloch County 81099
33 Jackson County 75907
34 Troup County 69426
35 Catoosa County 67872
36 Walker County 67654
37 Spalding County 67306
38 Liberty County 65256
39 Effingham County 64769
40 Gordon County 57544
41 Camden County 54768
42 Laurens County 49570
43 Habersham County 46031
44 Colquitt County 45898
45 Thomas County 45798
46 Bryan County 44738
47 Baldwin County 43799
48 Coffee County 43092
49 Polk County 42853
50 Oconee County 41799
51 Tift County 41344
52 Murray County 39973
53 Ware County 36251
54 Harris County 34668
55 Lumpkin County 33488
56 Pickens County 33216
57 Lee County 33163
58 Gilmer County 31353
59 Wayne County 30144
60 Madison County 30120
61 Haralson County 29919
62 Sumter County 29616
63 Decatur County 29367
64 Jones County 28347
65 White County 28003
66 Peach County 27981
67 Monroe County 27957
68 Upson County 27700
69 Toombs County 27030
70 Dawson County 26798
71 Stephens County 26784
72 Grady County 26236
73 Hart County 25828
74 Butts County 25434
75 Fannin County 25319
76 Chattooga County 24965
77 Union County 24632
78 Burke County 24596
79 Franklin County 23424
80 Tattnall County 22842
81 Emanuel County 22768
82 Putnam County 22047
83 Mitchell County 21755
84 McDuffie County 21632
85 Worth County 20784
86 Meriwether County 20613
87 Crisp County 20128
88 Morgan County 20097
89 Washington County 19988
90 Dodge County 19925
91 Pierce County 19716
92 Elbert County 19637
93 Greene County 18915
94 Pike County 18889
95 Lamar County 18500
96 Appling County 18444
97 Berrien County 18160
98 Banks County 18035
99 Brantley County 18021
100 Cook County 17229
101 Ben Hill County 17194
102 Rabun County 16883
103 Brooks County 16301
104 Dade County 16251
105 Long County 16168
106 Jefferson County 15709
107 Oglethorpe County 14825
108 Jeff Davis County 14779
109 Jasper County 14588
110 Screven County 14067
111 Bleckley County 12583
112 Charlton County 12518
113 Towns County 12493
114 Telfair County 12477
115 Crawford County 12130
116 Macon County 12082
117 Heard County 11412
118 Dooly County 11208
119 Bacon County 11140
120 Candler County 10981
121 McIntosh County 10975
122 Early County 10854
123 Evans County 10774
124 Lanier County 9877
125 Pulaski County 9855
126 Irwin County 9666
127 Chattahoochee County 9565
128 Wilkes County 9565
129 Johnson County 9189
130 Terrell County 9185
131 Seminole County 9147
132 Turner County 9006
133 Wilkinson County 8877
134 Wilcox County 8766
135 Hancock County 8735
136 Jenkins County 8674
137 Montgomery County 8610
138 Atkinson County 8286
139 Twiggs County 8022
140 Taylor County 7816
141 Lincoln County 7690
142 Marion County 7498
143 Wheeler County 7471
144 Clinch County 6749
145 Randolph County 6425
146 Treutlen County 6406
147 Miller County 6000
148 Talbot County 5733
149 Calhoun County 5573
150 Stewart County 5314
151 Warren County 5215
152 Schley County 4547
153 Echols County 3697
154 Glascock County 2884
155 Baker County 2876
156 Clay County 2848
157 Webster County 2348
158 Quitman County 2235
159 Taliaferro County 1559