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Emanuel County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 82 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13107

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

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Population
23,147
+271 (+1.2%) since 2020
Land area
680.6
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
34.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Swainsboro
Seat of county government.
Established
1812
213 years ago
Largest city
Swainsboro city
Population 7,436.

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 Emanuel 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 Emanuel 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 794 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 Emanuel 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
Population23,14782nd of 1591,682nd of 3,144
Land area680.6 sq mi6th of 1591,380th of 3,144
Population density34.0 per sq mi117th of 1591,814th of 3,144
Median household income$52,772110th of 1592,613th of 3,143

Full data for Emanuel County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population23,147Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202022,876Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?22,762Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area680.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area690.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$94,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,312American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units10,036American 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
-9
293 births, 302 deaths
Net migration
-81
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 10 areas bordering Emanuel 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
Johnson CountyGeorgia34 mi9,310
Candler CountyGeorgia26 mi11,275
Treutlen CountyGeorgia25 mi6,466
Jenkins CountyGeorgia17 mi8,843
Burke CountyGeorgia15 mi24,408
Jefferson CountyGeorgia14 mi15,011
Toombs CountyGeorgia14 mi27,545
Bulloch CountyGeorgia5.0 mi86,949
Laurens CountyGeorgiaa single point51,041
Tattnall CountyGeorgiaa single point24,376

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.