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Habersham County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 44 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13137

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

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Population
50,416
+4,304 (+9.3%) since 2020
Land area
276.9
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
182
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clarkesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Cornelia city
Population 5,459.

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 Habersham 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 Habersham 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 595 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 Habersham 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
Population50,41644th of 1591,008th of 3,144
Land area276.9 sq mi110th of 1592,856th of 3,144
Population density182 per sq mi37th of 159602nd of 3,144
Median household income$67,30950th of 1591,403rd of 3,143

Full data for Habersham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population50,416Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202046,112Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?46,027Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area276.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area279.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?182 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,309American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$238,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,753American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units19,071American 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
-16
524 births, 540 deaths
Net migration
+683
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 7 areas bordering Habersham 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
White CountyGeorgia30 mi29,802
Rabun CountyGeorgia27 mi17,764
Stephens CountyGeorgia16 mi27,854
Banks CountyGeorgia11 mi21,273
Hall CountyGeorgia5.8 mi226,568
Oconee CountySouth Carolina2.8 mi83,775
Towns CountyGeorgia2.4 mi13,285

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.