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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Largest US Counties by Population in Georgia

The most populous counties in the country, with what a median home costs to own in each. Between them these counties hold a large share of the American housing market.

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Georgia ranked

#County PopulationMonthly to ownEffective rate
1 Fulton County 1,068,507$3,4120.892%
2 Gwinnett County 966,972$2,8080.978%
3 Cobb County 769,152$2,9250.685%
4 DeKalb County 762,105$2,6860.919%
5 Clayton County 298,771$1,6720.893%
6 Chatham County 298,143$2,2530.901%
7 Cherokee County 274,539$3,0450.701%
8 Forsyth County 260,062$3,8170.759%
9 Henry County 245,417$2,2880.922%
10 Hall County 208,395$2,5130.760%
11 Richmond County 206,040$1,4420.882%
12 Muscogee County 204,383$1,5740.837%
13 Paulding County 174,292$2,3560.846%
14 Houston County 166,902$1,7480.856%
15 Columbia County 159,638$2,3440.846%
16 Bibb County 156,543$1,4901.101%
17 Coweta County 150,071$2,5760.771%
18 Douglas County 146,141$2,1480.793%
19 Clarke County 129,267$2,2430.899%
20 Carroll County 122,187$1,8640.624%
21 Fayette County 120,689$3,1860.781%
22 Lowndes County 119,055$1,6870.830%
23 Newton County 115,530$1,9620.914%
24 Bartow County 111,153$2,1330.725%
25 Whitfield County 103,118$1,6680.673%
26 Walton County 100,361$2,4300.809%
27 Floyd County 98,985$1,6550.804%
28 Rockdale County 94,293$2,0910.718%
29 Barrow County 86,982$2,1060.832%
30 Glynn County 84,987$2,1580.638%
31 Dougherty County 83,915$1,2461.393%
32 Bulloch County 81,372$1,6330.778%
33 Jackson County 80,640$2,5390.883%
34 Troup County 69,821$1,6350.972%
35 Walker County 68,449$1,5040.778%
36 Catoosa County 68,356$1,7810.689%
37 Spalding County 68,215$1,7000.965%
38 Effingham County 67,265$2,0590.956%
39 Liberty County 66,826$1,5911.053%
40 Gordon County 58,336$1,7220.705%
41 Camden County 56,036$1,9710.939%
42 Laurens County 49,619$1,2380.769%
43 Habersham County 46,948$1,7540.627%
44 Bryan County 46,681$2,5460.789%
45 Colquitt County 45,907$1,1320.866%
46 Thomas County 45,696$1,5940.825%
47 Baldwin County 43,669$1,4330.742%
48 Polk County 43,365$1,4320.799%
49 Coffee County 43,161$1,1580.807%
50 Oconee County 42,788$3,3060.719%
51 Tift County 41,322$1,3000.936%
52 Murray County 40,282$1,4800.641%
53 Ware County 35,958$1,0361.011%
54 Harris County 35,509$2,2900.886%
55 Pickens County 34,197$2,3150.661%
56 Lumpkin County 33,931$2,2330.688%
57 Lee County 33,337$1,9311.002%
58 Gilmer County 31,976$2,1740.384%
59 Madison County 30,914$1,6900.809%
60 Haralson County 30,720$1,7820.849%
61 Wayne County 30,519$1,3320.796%
62 Sumter County 29,174$1,1851.321%
63 Decatur County 29,118$1,3210.925%
64 Monroe County 28,919$1,9880.686%
65 Dawson County 28,704$2,7530.632%
66 Jones County 28,526$1,5360.958%
67 White County 28,454$2,1190.661%
68 Peach County 28,269$1,6461.124%
69 Upson County 27,856$1,3410.886%
70 Toombs County 26,943$1,1840.962%
71 Stephens County 26,842$1,4700.830%
72 Hart County 26,484$1,7000.539%
73 Butts County 26,074$1,9050.828%
74 Grady County 26,056$1,2560.979%
75 Fannin County 25,605$2,1370.349%
76 Union County 25,598$2,1580.505%
77 Chattooga County 24,975$9650.855%
78 Burke County 24,427$1,0360.907%
79 Tattnall County 24,215$1,1551.018%
80 Franklin County 23,840$1,4060.767%
81 Emanuel County 22,961$8970.975%
82 Putnam County 22,524$1,8430.723%
83 McDuffie County 21,687$1,3770.849%
84 Mitchell County 21,441$1,0521.277%
85 Meriwether County 20,757$1,3840.931%
86 Morgan County 20,614$2,5770.742%
87 Worth County 20,575$1,0871.086%
88 Pierce County 19,996$1,2160.915%
89 Crisp County 19,995$1,1571.156%
90 Dodge County 19,909$1,0470.954%
91 Washington County 19,893$1,1121.097%
92 Elbert County 19,725$1,0940.983%
93 Greene County 19,586$2,6990.685%
94 Pike County 19,540$2,2030.924%
95 Lamar County 19,098$1,7320.948%
96 Banks County 18,757$2,0380.630%
97 Appling County 18,426$8380.846%
98 Berrien County 18,257$1,0990.989%
99 Brantley County 18,171$9351.120%
100 Long County 17,512$1,7040.997%
101 Cook County 17,363$1,1390.820%
102 Ben Hill County 17,138$1,1011.061%
103 Rabun County 17,107$2,1660.537%
104 Brooks County 16,285$1,1491.281%
105 Dade County 16,196$1,4300.624%
106 Jefferson County 15,468$9350.991%
107 Jasper County 15,345$1,8570.890%
108 Oglethorpe County 15,221$1,6880.804%
109 Jeff Davis County 14,838$1,0490.930%
110 Screven County 14,057$1,1711.181%
111 Towns County 12,739$2,3980.365%
112 Charlton County 12,711$1,1190.908%
113 Bleckley County 12,414$1,2411.082%
114 Crawford County 12,183$1,3010.842%
115 Telfair County 12,174$1,0561.091%
116 Macon County 11,953$9021.162%
117 Heard County 11,616$1,3920.640%
118 McIntosh County 11,187$1,5010.753%
119 Bacon County 11,129$1,0191.022%
120 Dooly County 11,026$9791.243%
121 Candler County 10,972$1,2561.041%
122 Evans County 10,740$1,2861.032%
123 Early County 10,683$1,1910.822%
124 Lanier County 10,094$1,4441.017%
125 Pulaski County 9,893$1,3060.912%
126 Wilkes County 9,553$1,0361.137%
127 Irwin County 9,385$1,0361.115%
128 Johnson County 9,192$9150.918%
129 Chattahoochee County 9,181$9840.990%
130 Seminole County 9,117$1,0931.220%
131 Terrell County 8,941$1,0811.096%
132 Turner County 8,915$9611.131%
133 Wilkinson County 8,795$9090.882%
134 Wilcox County 8,784$7761.058%
135 Montgomery County 8,675$1,1190.964%
136 Jenkins County 8,674$8430.958%
137 Hancock County 8,630$8930.994%
138 Atkinson County 8,261$8030.883%
139 Twiggs County 7,869$1,0050.822%
140 Taylor County 7,786$8520.897%
141 Lincoln County 7,773$1,4440.883%
142 Marion County 7,474$1,1210.704%
143 Wheeler County 7,434$7820.753%
144 Clinch County 6,722$9131.396%
145 Treutlen County 6,387$9710.955%
146 Randolph County 6,270$9100.880%
147 Miller County 5,873$1,1611.386%
148 Talbot County 5,753$1,1981.088%
149 Calhoun County 5,528$8651.152%
150 Warren County 5,175$8251.031%
151 Stewart County 4,978$6681.711%
152 Schley County 4,539$1,3660.887%
153 Echols County 3,705$1,0790.986%
154 Glascock County 2,913$1,1550.989%
155 Clay County 2,853$9341.044%
156 Baker County 2,830$1,1230.868%
157 Webster County 2,348$9301.014%
158 Quitman County 2,092$9960.844%
159 Taliaferro County 1,740$8021.254%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Largest US Counties by Population across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Georgia

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