| County | Rank | Change (2020) ↓ | 2026 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson County | 1 | 39.7% | 37,804 | 27,061 |
| Jackson County | 2 | 35.56% | 104,029 | 76,740 |
| Long County | 3 | 35.36% | 22,015 | 16,264 |
| Jasper County | 4 | 27.23% | 18,665 | 14,670 |
| Barrow County | 5 | 22.44% | 102,860 | 84,006 |
| Walton County | 6 | 19.23% | 115,820 | 97,136 |
| Bryan County | 7 | 18.91% | 53,563 | 45,044 |
| Monroe County | 8 | 17.89% | 33,079 | 28,059 |
| Effingham County | 9 | 17.11% | 76,346 | 65,192 |
| Paulding County | 10 | 17.1% | 198,577 | 169,576 |
| Banks County | 11 | 17.03% | 21,228 | 18,139 |
| Newton County | 12 | 16.01% | 130,972 | 112,897 |
| Union County | 13 | 15.21% | 28,573 | 24,801 |
| Forsyth County | 14 | 15.15% | 291,218 | 252,911 |
| Greene County | 15 | 14.58% | 21,807 | 19,032 |
| Lamar County | 16 | 14.42% | 21,230 | 18,554 |
| Cherokee County | 17 | 14.13% | 306,053 | 268,169 |
| Oglethorpe County | 18 | 13.94% | 16,940 | 14,867 |
| Pickens County | 19 | 13.32% | 37,790 | 33,347 |
| Carroll County | 20 | 13.11% | 135,147 | 119,487 |
| Morgan County | 21 | 12.57% | 22,746 | 20,206 |
| Hall County | 22 | 12.45% | 228,739 | 203,409 |
| McIntosh County | 23 | 12.31% | 12,336 | 10,984 |
| Hart County | 24 | 12.2% | 29,042 | 25,883 |
| Bartow County | 25 | 12.12% | 122,570 | 109,321 |
| Pike County | 26 | 11.72% | 21,163 | 18,943 |
| Madison County | 27 | 11.65% | 33,803 | 30,276 |
| Camden County | 28 | 11.63% | 61,315 | 54,929 |
| Lumpkin County | 29 | 11.52% | 37,512 | 33,636 |
| Habersham County | 30 | 11.17% | 51,293 | 46,140 |
| Wayne County | 31 | 11.12% | 33,498 | 30,146 |
| Henry County | 32 | 10.84% | 268,077 | 241,867 |
| Franklin County | 33 | 10.72% | 25,994 | 23,477 |
| Coweta County | 34 | 10.49% | 162,161 | 146,759 |
| Haralson County | 35 | 10.29% | 33,132 | 30,040 |
| Houston County | 36 | 9.99% | 180,781 | 164,358 |
| White County | 37 | 9.88% | 30,892 | 28,114 |
| Bulloch County | 38 | 9.73% | 87,698 | 79,918 |
| Columbia County | 39 | 9.31% | 171,476 | 156,869 |
| Gilmer County | 40 | 8.98% | 34,245 | 31,422 |
| Oconee County | 41 | 8.84% | 45,741 | 42,025 |
| Meriwether County | 42 | 8.58% | 22,389 | 20,619 |
| Quitman County | 43 | 8.5% | 2,413 | 2,224 |
| Glascock County | 44 | 8.47% | 3,138 | 2,893 |
| Gordon County | 45 | 8.45% | 62,607 | 57,729 |
| Lincoln County | 46 | 8.43% | 8,351 | 7,702 |
| Douglas County | 47 | 8.42% | 156,859 | 144,678 |
| Brantley County | 48 | 8.34% | 19,551 | 18,046 |
| Butts County | 49 | 8.13% | 27,631 | 25,554 |
| Towns County | 50 | 7.86% | 13,538 | 12,551 |
| Gwinnett County | 51 | 7.31% | 1,028,403 | 958,378 |
| Putnam County | 52 | 7.29% | 23,783 | 22,166 |
| Rockdale County | 53 | 7.14% | 100,304 | 93,617 |
| Harris County | 54 | 7.13% | 37,387 | 34,900 |
| Peach County | 55 | 7.07% | 30,025 | 28,042 |
| Heard County | 56 | 7.06% | 12,253 | 11,445 |
| Fayette County | 57 | 7.04% | 127,925 | 119,512 |
| Pierce County | 58 | 6.96% | 21,121 | 19,746 |
| Cook County | 59 | 6.94% | 18,432 | 17,236 |
| Rabun County | 60 | 6.92% | 18,083 | 16,913 |
| Jenkins County | 61 | 6.8% | 9,252 | 8,663 |
| Taliaferro County | 62 | 6.42% | 1,658 | 1,558 |
| Liberty County | 63 | 6.14% | 69,351 | 65,339 |
| Chatham County | 64 | 5.9% | 312,494 | 295,076 |
| Seminole County | 65 | 5.79% | 9,662 | 9,133 |
| Lanier County | 66 | 5.63% | 10,488 | 9,929 |
| Marion County | 67 | 5.41% | 7,935 | 7,528 |
| Charlton County | 68 | 5.38% | 13,207 | 12,533 |
| Lowndes County | 69 | 5.25% | 124,646 | 118,432 |
| Polk County | 70 | 5.08% | 45,104 | 42,922 |
| Spalding County | 71 | 5.08% | 70,892 | 67,465 |
| Floyd County | 72 | 4.84% | 103,356 | 98,583 |
| Jeff Davis County | 73 | 4.74% | 15,503 | 14,802 |
| Troup County | 74 | 4.73% | 72,625 | 69,348 |
| Murray County | 75 | 4.48% | 41,804 | 40,012 |
| Pulaski County | 76 | 4.44% | 10,312 | 9,874 |
| Cobb County | 77 | 4.41% | 800,198 | 766,383 |
| Colquitt County | 78 | 4.36% | 47,901 | 45,901 |
| Stephens County | 79 | 4.36% | 27,984 | 26,816 |
| Clinch County | 80 | 4.04% | 6,997 | 6,725 |
| Whitfield County | 81 | 4.01% | 106,916 | 102,794 |
| Elbert County | 82 | 3.99% | 20,450 | 19,665 |
| Berrien County | 83 | 3.72% | 18,824 | 18,148 |
| Coffee County | 84 | 3.64% | 44,625 | 43,058 |
| Toombs County | 85 | 3.63% | 28,068 | 27,085 |
| Wilcox County | 86 | 3.62% | 9,110 | 8,792 |
| Bleckley County | 87 | 3.54% | 12,968 | 12,525 |
| Atkinson County | 88 | 3.5% | 8,603 | 8,312 |
| Screven County | 89 | 3.47% | 14,567 | 14,079 |
| Lee County | 90 | 3.45% | 34,363 | 33,218 |
| Appling County | 91 | 3.24% | 18,973 | 18,378 |
| Glynn County | 92 | 3.16% | 87,162 | 84,490 |
| Fulton County | 93 | 3.16% | 1,103,120 | 1,069,333 |
| Laurens County | 94 | 2.94% | 50,997 | 49,542 |
| Upson County | 95 | 2.9% | 28,544 | 27,740 |
| Evans County | 96 | 2.83% | 11,101 | 10,795 |
| Jones County | 97 | 2.61% | 29,141 | 28,399 |
| Turner County | 98 | 2.58% | 9,217 | 8,985 |
| Treutlen County | 99 | 2.58% | 6,558 | 6,393 |
| Dooly County | 100 | 2.57% | 11,446 | 11,159 |
| Chattooga County | 101 | 2.56% | 25,566 | 24,929 |
| Thomas County | 102 | 2.28% | 46,830 | 45,786 |
| Crawford County | 103 | 2.27% | 12,377 | 12,102 |
| Walker County | 104 | 2.14% | 69,200 | 67,747 |
| Emanuel County | 105 | 2.09% | 23,380 | 22,902 |
| Decatur County | 106 | 2.04% | 29,925 | 29,326 |
| Talbot County | 107 | 1.92% | 5,835 | 5,725 |
| Catoosa County | 108 | 1.39% | 68,950 | 68,007 |
| Candler County | 109 | 1.38% | 11,178 | 11,026 |
| DeKalb County | 110 | 1.33% | 774,827 | 764,630 |
| Brooks County | 111 | 1.3% | 16,482 | 16,271 |
| Grady County | 112 | 1.24% | 26,553 | 26,227 |
| Tift County | 113 | 1.19% | 41,884 | 41,391 |
| Fannin County | 114 | 1.15% | 25,730 | 25,437 |
| Baldwin County | 115 | 0.67% | 44,086 | 43,793 |
| Clarke County | 116 | 0.59% | 129,309 | 128,547 |
| Richmond County | 117 | 0.51% | 207,617 | 206,557 |
| Bibb County | 118 | 0.5% | 157,816 | 157,038 |
| Wilkes County | 119 | 0.48% | 9,597 | 9,551 |
| Warren County | 120 | 0.31% | 5,228 | 5,212 |
| McDuffie County | 121 | -0.19% | 21,572 | 21,613 |
| Ware County | 122 | -0.25% | 36,140 | 36,231 |
| Burke County | 123 | -0.35% | 24,554 | 24,640 |
| Tattnall County | 124 | -0.64% | 24,169 | 24,325 |
| Taylor County | 125 | -0.72% | 7,763 | 7,819 |
| Washington County | 126 | -1.19% | 19,720 | 19,957 |
| Hancock County | 127 | -1.38% | 8,589 | 8,709 |
| Sumter County | 128 | -1.66% | 29,032 | 29,522 |
| Miller County | 129 | -1.67% | 5,892 | 5,992 |
| Macon County | 130 | -1.69% | 11,817 | 12,020 |
| Clayton County | 131 | -1.7% | 294,349 | 299,440 |
| Schley County | 132 | -2.14% | 4,441 | 4,538 |
| Bacon County | 133 | -2.32% | 10,855 | 11,113 |
| Worth County | 134 | -2.36% | 20,244 | 20,734 |
| Dade County | 135 | -2.51% | 15,828 | 16,235 |
| Muscogee County | 136 | -2.63% | 201,572 | 207,015 |
| Echols County | 137 | -2.82% | 3,616 | 3,721 |
| Twiggs County | 138 | -2.98% | 7,772 | 8,011 |
| Calhoun County | 139 | -3.14% | 5,399 | 5,574 |
| Dodge County | 140 | -3.31% | 19,292 | 19,952 |
| Johnson County | 141 | -3.32% | 8,878 | 9,183 |
| Ben Hill County | 142 | -3.68% | 16,535 | 17,166 |
| Dougherty County | 143 | -3.73% | 81,984 | 85,161 |
| Wilkinson County | 144 | -3.76% | 8,507 | 8,839 |
| Clay County | 145 | -4.31% | 2,707 | 2,829 |
| Irwin County | 146 | -4.47% | 9,219 | 9,650 |
| Montgomery County | 147 | -4.73% | 8,164 | 8,569 |
| Crisp County | 148 | -4.93% | 19,068 | 20,056 |
| Stewart County | 149 | -4.93% | 5,033 | 5,294 |
| Terrell County | 150 | -4.97% | 8,686 | 9,140 |
| Randolph County | 151 | -5.26% | 6,029 | 6,364 |
| Baker County | 152 | -5.4% | 2,696 | 2,850 |
| Early County | 153 | -5.59% | 10,192 | 10,796 |
| Wheeler County | 154 | -5.6% | 7,034 | 7,451 |
| Webster County | 155 | -5.99% | 2,211 | 2,352 |
| Jefferson County | 156 | -6.64% | 14,635 | 15,676 |
| Mitchell County | 157 | -10.36% | 19,431 | 21,676 |
| Chattahoochee County | 158 | -10.68% | 8,468 | 9,481 |
| Telfair County | 159 | -11.17% | 11,062 | 12,453 |
Georgia's counties show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2026. Dawson County leads with 5.73% annualized growth, followed by Jackson County (5.2%) and Long County (5.18%). The largest counties are Fulton County (1,103,120), Gwinnett County (1,028,403), and Cobb County (800,198). Of the 159 counties in Georgia, 120 are growing while 39 have experienced population decline. Overall, counties averaged 0.81% annualized growth, with total population growing by 1.03% annually.
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