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Clarke County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 20 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13059

Within Georgia
Clarke County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
129,921
+1,326 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
119.3
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
1,089
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Athens
Seat of county government.
Established
1801
224 years ago
Largest city
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)
Population 128,612.

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 Clarke 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 Clarke 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 644 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 Clarke 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
Population129,92120th of 159509th of 3,144
Land area119.3 sq mi159th of 1593,079th of 3,144
Population density1,089 per sq mi7th of 159150th of 3,144
Median household income$53,625100th of 1592,553rd of 3,143

Full data for Clarke County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population129,921Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020128,595Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?128,670Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area119.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area121.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,089 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,625American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$298,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age29.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households54,454American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units57,918American 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
+477
1,383 births, 906 deaths
Net migration
-1,281
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 5 areas bordering Clarke 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
Oconee CountyGeorgia22 mi44,893
Jackson CountyGeorgia14 mi99,265
Oglethorpe CountyGeorgia13 mi16,415
Madison CountyGeorgia7.2 mi32,919
Barrow CountyGeorgia177 ft99,773

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.