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Echols County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 153 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13101

Within Georgia
Echols 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
3,685
-31 (-0.8%) since 2020
Land area
420.4
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
8.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Statenville
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Echols County consolidated government
Population 3,685.

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 Echols 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 Echols 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 503 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 Echols 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
Population3,685153rd of 1592,908th of 3,144
Land area420.4 sq mi52nd of 1592,410th of 3,144
Population density8.8 per sq mi156th of 1592,610th of 3,144
Median household income$59,48970th of 1592,124th of 3,143

Full data for Echols County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,685Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,716Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,701Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area420.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.31 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area420.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?8.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,489American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$124,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age30.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,145American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,355American 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
+10
47 births, 37 deaths
Net migration
-14
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 Echols 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
Clinch CountyGeorgia39 mi6,847
Hamilton CountyFlorida27 mi14,180
Lowndes CountyGeorgia23 mi122,867
Columbia CountyFlorida6.3 mi74,094
Lanier CountyGeorgia4.3 mi10,623

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.