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Elbert County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 93 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13105

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

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Population
20,072
+406 (+2.1%) since 2020
Land area
351.1
square miles. A further 6.2% of the total area is water
Population density
57.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elberton
Seat of county government.
Established
1790
235 years ago
Largest city
Elberton city
Population 4,890.

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 Elbert 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 Elbert 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 619 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 Elbert 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
Population20,07293rd of 1591,823rd of 3,144
Land area351.1 sq mi75th of 1592,678th of 3,144
Population density57.2 per sq mi90th of 1591,353rd of 3,144
Median household income$58,45079th of 1592,227th of 3,143

Full data for Elbert County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,072Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,666Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area351.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area23.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area374.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,450American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,376American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,426American 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
-120
202 births, 322 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 8 areas bordering Elbert 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
Hart CountyGeorgia21 mi28,639
Madison CountyGeorgia18 mi32,919
Abbeville CountySouth Carolina18 mi24,836
Oglethorpe CountyGeorgia17 mi16,415
Wilkes CountyGeorgia8.4 mi9,540
Lincoln CountyGeorgia6.5 mi8,112
Anderson CountySouth Carolina6.4 mi219,930
McCormick CountySouth Carolina4.9 mi10,215

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.