Georgia county geography overview
Georgia has 159 counties, which places it 2nd among the 50 state and District of Columbia maps in this atlas when ordered by number of county-level units. Their combined 57,718 square miles of land place the state 21st by mapped land area.
The average county-level area is 363 square miles, while the median is 342.7 square miles. The median is often the better description of a typical unit because one or two very large areas can pull the average upward. The five largest units together account for about 7% of the state’s mapped land area.
Largest and smallest Georgia counties
Ware County is the largest county-level unit by land area at 899.4 square miles. It represents about 2% of all mapped land in Georgia. At the other end of the range, Clarke County has 119.3 square miles of land.
Largest by land area
- Ware County899.4 sq mi
- Burke County827 sq mi
- Clinch County815 sq mi
- Laurens County807.3 sq mi
- Charlton County780.1 sq mi
Smallest by land area
- Clarke County119.3 sq mi
- Rockdale County129.8 sq mi
- Clayton County141.7 sq mi
- Glascock County143.7 sq mi
- Peach County150.3 sq mi
Rankings use land area rather than total area. This avoids making coastal or lake counties appear larger solely because their boundaries include extensive water.
Alphabetical list of Georgia counties
The table is alphabetical, so it works as a name and FIPS-code reference rather than an area ranking. Every identifier begins with the Georgia state FIPS prefix 13. Land and water figures are rounded to one decimal place.
159 county-level areas
Download county data / numbered map key (CSV)| No. | Name | FIPS code | Land area | Water area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Appling County | 13001 | 508.3 sq mi | 4 sq mi |
| 2 | Atkinson County | 13003 | 342.7 sq mi | 1.8 sq mi |
| 3 | Bacon County | 13005 | 284.1 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 4 | Baker County | 13007 | 342 sq mi | 7.2 sq mi |
| 5 | Baldwin County | 13009 | 258.7 sq mi | 9.6 sq mi |
| 6 | Banks County | 13011 | 232.7 sq mi | 1.8 sq mi |
| 7 | Barrow County | 13013 | 161.1 sq mi | 1.8 sq mi |
| 8 | Bartow County | 13015 | 458.9 sq mi | 10.6 sq mi |
| 9 | Ben Hill County | 13017 | 250.1 sq mi | 3.8 sq mi |
| 10 | Berrien County | 13019 | 453.4 sq mi | 4.5 sq mi |
| 11 | Bibb County | 13021 | 249.4 sq mi | 5.5 sq mi |
| 12 | Bleckley County | 13023 | 215.9 sq mi | 3.3 sq mi |
| 13 | Brantley County | 13025 | 443.2 sq mi | 4 sq mi |
| 14 | Brooks County | 13027 | 493.2 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 15 | Bryan County | 13029 | 437.6 sq mi | 16.9 sq mi |
| 16 | Bulloch County | 13031 | 676 sq mi | 12.7 sq mi |
| 17 | Burke County | 13033 | 827 sq mi | 7.9 sq mi |
| 18 | Butts County | 13035 | 183.7 sq mi | 4.4 sq mi |
| 19 | Calhoun County | 13037 | 280.4 sq mi | 3.2 sq mi |
| 20 | Camden County | 13039 | 630.3 sq mi | 151.6 sq mi |
| 21 | Candler County | 13043 | 243.1 sq mi | 5.8 sq mi |
| 22 | Carroll County | 13045 | 499.1 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 23 | Catoosa County | 13047 | 162.2 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 24 | Charlton County | 13049 | 780.1 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 25 | Chatham County | 13051 | 432.8 sq mi | 197.2 sq mi |
| 26 | Chattahoochee County | 13053 | 248.7 sq mi | 2.4 sq mi |
| 27 | Chattooga County | 13055 | 313.3 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 28 | Cherokee County | 13057 | 421 sq mi | 13.3 sq mi |
| 29 | Clarke County | 13059 | 119.3 sq mi | 1.8 sq mi |
| 30 | Clay County | 13061 | 195.4 sq mi | 21.8 sq mi |
| 31 | Clayton County | 13063 | 141.7 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 32 | Clinch County | 13065 | 815 sq mi | 9 sq mi |
| 33 | Cobb County | 13067 | 339.7 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 34 | Coffee County | 13069 | 592.3 sq mi | 10.4 sq mi |
| 35 | Colquitt County | 13071 | 547.1 sq mi | 9.6 sq mi |
| 36 | Columbia County | 13073 | 290.2 sq mi | 17.5 sq mi |
| 37 | Cook County | 13075 | 228.5 sq mi | 4.7 sq mi |
| 38 | Coweta County | 13077 | 441 sq mi | 4.9 sq mi |
| 39 | Crawford County | 13079 | 324.9 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 40 | Crisp County | 13081 | 272.7 sq mi | 8.3 sq mi |
| 41 | Dade County | 13083 | 174.1 sq mi | 0.2 sq mi |
| 42 | Dawson County | 13085 | 210.8 sq mi | 3.6 sq mi |
| 43 | Decatur County | 13087 | 597.2 sq mi | 25.9 sq mi |
| 44 | DeKalb County | 13089 | 267.7 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 45 | Dodge County | 13091 | 496 sq mi | 7.1 sq mi |
| 46 | Dooly County | 13093 | 392.6 sq mi | 4.7 sq mi |
| 47 | Dougherty County | 13095 | 328.6 sq mi | 5.9 sq mi |
| 48 | Douglas County | 13097 | 200.1 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 49 | Early County | 13099 | 512.6 sq mi | 3.7 sq mi |
| 50 | Echols County | 13101 | 420.4 sq mi | 0.3 sq mi |
| 51 | Effingham County | 13103 | 478.9 sq mi | 4 sq mi |
| 52 | Elbert County | 13105 | 351.1 sq mi | 23.1 sq mi |
| 53 | Emanuel County | 13107 | 680.6 sq mi | 9.6 sq mi |
| 54 | Evans County | 13109 | 182.9 sq mi | 4 sq mi |
| 55 | Fannin County | 13111 | 387.1 sq mi | 5.2 sq mi |
| 56 | Fayette County | 13113 | 194.7 sq mi | 4.9 sq mi |
| 57 | Floyd County | 13115 | 509.8 sq mi | 8.6 sq mi |
| 58 | Forsyth County | 13117 | 224.6 sq mi | 22.6 sq mi |
| 59 | Franklin County | 13119 | 261.3 sq mi | 4.9 sq mi |
| 60 | Fulton County | 13121 | 526.9 sq mi | 7.9 sq mi |
| 61 | Gilmer County | 13123 | 426.2 sq mi | 4.8 sq mi |
| 62 | Glascock County | 13125 | 143.7 sq mi | 0.7 sq mi |
| 63 | Glynn County | 13127 | 419.6 sq mi | 165.7 sq mi |
| 64 | Gordon County | 13129 | 356.5 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 65 | Grady County | 13131 | 454.5 sq mi | 5.8 sq mi |
| 66 | Greene County | 13133 | 387.5 sq mi | 18.7 sq mi |
| 67 | Gwinnett County | 13135 | 431.1 sq mi | 6.1 sq mi |
| 68 | Habersham County | 13137 | 276.9 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 69 | Hall County | 13139 | 392.5 sq mi | 36.1 sq mi |
| 70 | Hancock County | 13141 | 471.1 sq mi | 6.7 sq mi |
| 71 | Haralson County | 13143 | 282.2 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 72 | Harris County | 13145 | 463.8 sq mi | 9.1 sq mi |
| 73 | Hart County | 13147 | 232.4 sq mi | 24.5 sq mi |
| 74 | Heard County | 13149 | 296 sq mi | 5.1 sq mi |
| 75 | Henry County | 13151 | 318.7 sq mi | 7.8 sq mi |
| 76 | Houston County | 13153 | 376.2 sq mi | 3.7 sq mi |
| 77 | Irwin County | 13155 | 354.4 sq mi | 8.4 sq mi |
| 78 | Jackson County | 13157 | 339.7 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 79 | Jasper County | 13159 | 368.4 sq mi | 5.1 sq mi |
| 80 | Jeff Davis County | 13161 | 330.9 sq mi | 4.5 sq mi |
| 81 | Jefferson County | 13163 | 526.6 sq mi | 3.1 sq mi |
| 82 | Jenkins County | 13165 | 347.4 sq mi | 5.1 sq mi |
| 83 | Johnson County | 13167 | 303 sq mi | 3.6 sq mi |
| 84 | Jones County | 13169 | 393.9 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 85 | Lamar County | 13171 | 183.5 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 86 | Lanier County | 13173 | 196.5 sq mi | 3.3 sq mi |
| 87 | Laurens County | 13175 | 807.3 sq mi | 11.1 sq mi |
| 88 | Lee County | 13177 | 355.9 sq mi | 5.9 sq mi |
| 89 | Liberty County | 13179 | 516.5 sq mi | 86.1 sq mi |
| 90 | Lincoln County | 13181 | 210.4 sq mi | 46.9 sq mi |
| 91 | Long County | 13183 | 400.4 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 92 | Lowndes County | 13185 | 497.3 sq mi | 13.3 sq mi |
| 93 | Lumpkin County | 13187 | 281.4 sq mi | 1.3 sq mi |
| 94 | Macon County | 13193 | 400.7 sq mi | 5.3 sq mi |
| 95 | Madison County | 13195 | 282.3 sq mi | 3.3 sq mi |
| 96 | Marion County | 13197 | 365.7 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 97 | McDuffie County | 13189 | 257.4 sq mi | 8.9 sq mi |
| 98 | McIntosh County | 13191 | 431.3 sq mi | 142.5 sq mi |
| 99 | Meriwether County | 13199 | 500.9 sq mi | 4.2 sq mi |
| 100 | Miller County | 13201 | 282.4 sq mi | 1.2 sq mi |
| 101 | Mitchell County | 13205 | 512.2 sq mi | 1.7 sq mi |
| 102 | Monroe County | 13207 | 396.1 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 103 | Montgomery County | 13209 | 241.1 sq mi | 3.5 sq mi |
| 104 | Morgan County | 13211 | 347.4 sq mi | 7.2 sq mi |
| 105 | Murray County | 13213 | 344.5 sq mi | 2.2 sq mi |
| 106 | Muscogee County | 13215 | 216.5 sq mi | 4.5 sq mi |
| 107 | Newton County | 13217 | 273.8 sq mi | 5.4 sq mi |
| 108 | Oconee County | 13219 | 184.4 sq mi | 2 sq mi |
| 109 | Oglethorpe County | 13221 | 439.1 sq mi | 3 sq mi |
| 110 | Paulding County | 13223 | 312.4 sq mi | 2 sq mi |
| 111 | Peach County | 13225 | 150.3 sq mi | 1 sq mi |
| 112 | Pickens County | 13227 | 232.1 sq mi | 0.7 sq mi |
| 113 | Pierce County | 13229 | 340.5 sq mi | 2.8 sq mi |
| 114 | Pike County | 13231 | 216.1 sq mi | 3.3 sq mi |
| 115 | Polk County | 13233 | 310.3 sq mi | 1.8 sq mi |
| 116 | Pulaski County | 13235 | 249.3 sq mi | 1.9 sq mi |
| 117 | Putnam County | 13237 | 344.7 sq mi | 16 sq mi |
| 118 | Quitman County | 13239 | 151.2 sq mi | 9.3 sq mi |
| 119 | Rabun County | 13241 | 370.1 sq mi | 6.9 sq mi |
| 120 | Randolph County | 13243 | 428.2 sq mi | 2.6 sq mi |
| 121 | Richmond County | 13245 | 324.4 sq mi | 4.2 sq mi |
| 122 | Rockdale County | 13247 | 129.8 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 123 | Schley County | 13249 | 166.9 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 124 | Screven County | 13251 | 645.8 sq mi | 10 sq mi |
| 125 | Seminole County | 13253 | 237.6 sq mi | 19 sq mi |
| 126 | Spalding County | 13255 | 196 sq mi | 3.6 sq mi |
| 127 | Stephens County | 13257 | 178.9 sq mi | 5 sq mi |
| 128 | Stewart County | 13259 | 458.8 sq mi | 4.8 sq mi |
| 129 | Sumter County | 13261 | 482.9 sq mi | 9.7 sq mi |
| 130 | Talbot County | 13263 | 391.4 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 131 | Taliaferro County | 13265 | 194.6 sq mi | 0.7 sq mi |
| 132 | Tattnall County | 13267 | 480.8 sq mi | 7.5 sq mi |
| 133 | Taylor County | 13269 | 376.7 sq mi | 3 sq mi |
| 134 | Telfair County | 13271 | 437.3 sq mi | 6.7 sq mi |
| 135 | Terrell County | 13273 | 335.8 sq mi | 1.9 sq mi |
| 136 | Thomas County | 13275 | 544.6 sq mi | 7.6 sq mi |
| 137 | Tift County | 13277 | 260.9 sq mi | 7.9 sq mi |
| 138 | Toombs County | 13279 | 364 sq mi | 7 sq mi |
| 139 | Towns County | 13281 | 166.6 sq mi | 5.2 sq mi |
| 140 | Treutlen County | 13283 | 199.4 sq mi | 3 sq mi |
| 141 | Troup County | 13285 | 414 sq mi | 31.9 sq mi |
| 142 | Turner County | 13287 | 285.4 sq mi | 4.5 sq mi |
| 143 | Twiggs County | 13289 | 359.3 sq mi | 3.4 sq mi |
| 144 | Union County | 13291 | 323.6 sq mi | 7 sq mi |
| 145 | Upson County | 13293 | 323.5 sq mi | 4.1 sq mi |
| 146 | Walker County | 13295 | 446.3 sq mi | 0.6 sq mi |
| 147 | Walton County | 13297 | 326.8 sq mi | 3.2 sq mi |
| 148 | Ware County | 13299 | 899.4 sq mi | 8.6 sq mi |
| 149 | Warren County | 13301 | 284.4 sq mi | 2.3 sq mi |
| 150 | Washington County | 13303 | 678.5 sq mi | 5.8 sq mi |
| 151 | Wayne County | 13305 | 641.8 sq mi | 6.9 sq mi |
| 152 | Webster County | 13307 | 209.7 sq mi | 0.9 sq mi |
| 153 | Wheeler County | 13309 | 295.5 sq mi | 4.8 sq mi |
| 154 | White County | 13311 | 240.8 sq mi | 1.5 sq mi |
| 155 | Whitfield County | 13313 | 290.4 sq mi | 0.6 sq mi |
| 156 | Wilcox County | 13315 | 377.8 sq mi | 4.3 sq mi |
| 157 | Wilkes County | 13317 | 469.5 sq mi | 4.6 sq mi |
| 158 | Wilkinson County | 13319 | 449.2 sq mi | 2.7 sq mi |
| 159 | Worth County | 13321 | 570.7 sq mi | 4.1 sq mi |
How to read and use this map
County lines are administrative boundaries, not postal routes. A mailing address can use a city name associated with a neighboring area, and ZIP codes can cross county lines. When you need to identify a county for an address, confirm it with an official geocoder or local government source.
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Frequently asked questions
How many counties are in Georgia?
Georgia has 159 counties in the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2025 cartographic boundary file.
Can I print this Georgia county map?
Yes. Choose Download / print and select PDF for a landscape Letter page, PNG for an image, or SVG for editable vector artwork. Because the map is SVG, its boundary lines stay sharp when scaled.
What is the largest county in Georgia?
Ware County is the largest by land area in this dataset at 899.4 square miles. This is an area ranking, not a population ranking.
What is the smallest county in Georgia?
Clarke County is the smallest by land area in this dataset at 119.3 square miles.
Are these legal survey boundaries?
No. This is a generalized reference map. Property, parcel, election, and legal boundary questions should be checked with the relevant state or local agency.
Map source
U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary File, Counties, 1:5,000,000. Land and water area fields are supplied in the same file and converted from square meters to square miles. Accessed September 27, 2026.