Dodge County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 95 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13091

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

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Population
19,663
-286 (-1.4%) since 2020
Land area
496
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
39.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Eastman
Seat of county government.
Established
1870
155 years ago
Largest city
Eastman city
Population 5,572.

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 Dodge 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 Dodge 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 635 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 Dodge 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
Population19,66395th of 1591,846th of 3,144
Land area496 sq mi27th of 1592,098th of 3,144
Population density39.6 per sq mi108th of 1591,684th of 3,144
Median household income$51,587116th of 1592,686th of 3,143

Full data for Dodge County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,663Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,949Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,005Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area496 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area503.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?39.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,587American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,881American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,587American 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
-56
207 births, 263 deaths
Net migration
+23
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 Dodge 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
Wilcox CountyGeorgia31 mi8,797
Laurens CountyGeorgia28 mi51,041
Telfair CountyGeorgia26 mi11,195
Bleckley CountyGeorgia22 mi12,866
Pulaski CountyGeorgia16 mi10,172
Wheeler CountyGeorgia5.8 mi7,570

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.