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Harris County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 53 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13145

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

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Population
37,280
+2,373 (+6.8%) since 2020
Land area
463.8
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
80.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hamilton
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Hamilton city
Population 1,824.

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 Harris 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 Harris 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 575 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 Harris 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
Population37,28053rd of 1591,258th of 3,144
Land area463.8 sq mi34th of 1592,215th of 3,144
Population density80.4 per sq mi72nd of 1591,074th of 3,144
Median household income$97,3028th of 159195th of 3,143

Full data for Harris County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population37,280Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202034,907Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?34,674Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area463.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area473 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?80.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$97,302American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$302,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,027American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,699American 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
-41
286 births, 327 deaths
Net migration
+360
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 Harris 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
Muscogee CountyGeorgia24 mi202,171
Talbot CountyGeorgia20 mi5,709
Troup CountyGeorgia19 mi72,844
Lee CountyAlabama14 mi189,881
Chambers CountyAlabama13 mi34,253
Meriwether CountyGeorgia10 mi21,516

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.