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Jackson County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 29 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13157

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

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Population
99,265
+22,500 (+29.3%) since 2020
Land area
339.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
292
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jefferson
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Jefferson city
Population 17,185.

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 Jackson 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 Jackson 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 703 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 Jackson 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
Population99,26529th of 159629th of 3,144
Land area339.7 sq mi84th of 1592,713th of 3,144
Population density292 per sq mi28th of 159446th of 3,144
Median household income$89,54413th of 159313th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population99,265Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202076,765Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?75,945Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area339.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area343.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?292 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$89,544American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$345,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households28,402American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units30,745American 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
+398
1,134 births, 736 deaths
Net migration
+4,616
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 Jackson 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
Barrow CountyGeorgia31 mi99,773
Hall CountyGeorgia16 mi226,568
Banks CountyGeorgia16 mi21,273
Madison CountyGeorgia14 mi32,919
Clarke CountyGeorgia14 mi129,921
Gwinnett CountyGeorgiaa single point1,018,099

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.