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Butts County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 74 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13035

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

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Population
27,218
+1,669 (+6.5%) since 2020
Land area
183.7
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
148
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jackson
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Jackson city
Population 5,884.

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 Butts 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 Butts 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 800 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 Butts 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
Population27,21874th of 1591,537th of 3,144
Land area183.7 sq mi145th of 1593,024th of 3,144
Population density148 per sq mi47th of 159702nd of 3,144
Median household income$69,24147th of 1591,256th of 3,143

Full data for Butts County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,218Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,549Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,432Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area183.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area188 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?148 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$69,241American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$240,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,941American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,723American 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
-50
277 births, 327 deaths
Net migration
+126
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The 6 areas bordering Butts 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
Henry CountyGeorgia23 mi264,922
Jasper CountyGeorgia18 mi17,632
Monroe CountyGeorgia14 mi32,023
Spalding CountyGeorgia8.3 mi70,775
Newton CountyGeorgia8.1 mi125,583
Lamar CountyGeorgia4.8 mi20,941

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.