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Houston County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 14 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13153

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

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Population
178,214
+13,889 (+8.5%) since 2020
Land area
376.2
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
474
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Perry
Seat of county government.
Established
1821
204 years ago
Largest city
Warner Robins city
Population 87,121 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Houston 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 Houston 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 636 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 Houston 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
Population178,21414th of 159393rd of 3,144
Land area376.2 sq mi66th of 1592,616th of 3,144
Population density474 per sq mi21st of 159295th of 3,144
Median household income$80,69825th of 159552nd of 3,143

Full data for Houston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population178,214Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020164,325Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?163,630Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area376.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area379.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?474 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,698American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$219,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households63,851American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units69,823American 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
+522
2,038 births, 1,516 deaths
Net migration
+2,807
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 Houston 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
Twiggs CountyGeorgia33 mi7,597
Peach CountyGeorgia31 mi29,877
Dooly CountyGeorgia15 mi11,156
Macon CountyGeorgia15 mi11,756
Pulaski CountyGeorgia13 mi10,172
Bibb CountyGeorgia8.7 mi157,556
Bleckley CountyGeorgia5.2 mi12,866
Crawford CountyGeorgia210 ft12,206

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.