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Brooks County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 107 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13027

Within Georgia
Brooks County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Quitman, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
16,101
-170 (-1.0%) since 2020
Land area
493.2
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
32.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Quitman
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Quitman city
Population 4,032.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Brooks County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Brooks County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 685 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Brooks County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population16,101107th of 1592,034th of 3,144
Land area493.2 sq mi28th of 1592,107th of 3,144
Population density32.6 per sq mi119th of 1591,848th of 3,144
Median household income$46,807135th of 1592,902nd of 3,143

Full data for Brooks County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,101Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,271Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,304Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area493.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area497.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?32.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,807American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$139,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,052American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,357American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-97
153 births, 250 deaths
Net migration
-88
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Brooks County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Lowndes CountyGeorgia62 mi122,867
Thomas CountyGeorgia26 mi46,368
Madison CountyFlorida17 mi18,759
Colquitt CountyGeorgia13 mi47,438
Cook CountyGeorgia10 mi18,232
Jefferson CountyFlorida7.9 mi16,007
Hamilton CountyFloridaa single point14,180

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.