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Macon County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 117 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13193

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

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Population
11,756
-262 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
400.7
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
29.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Oglethorpe
Seat of county government.
Established
1837
188 years ago
Largest city
Montezuma city
Population 2,879.

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 Macon 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 Macon 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 788 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 Macon 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
Population11,756117th of 1592,302nd of 3,144
Land area400.7 sq mi55th of 1592,524th of 3,144
Population density29.3 per sq mi124th of 1591,948th of 3,144
Median household income$41,031152nd of 1593,056th of 3,143

Full data for Macon County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,756Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,018Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,078Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area400.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area406 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?29.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,031American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$97,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,142American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units5,135American 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
-38
119 births, 157 deaths
Net migration
-62
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 7 areas bordering Macon 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
Taylor CountyGeorgia30 mi7,818
Dooly CountyGeorgia18 mi11,156
Peach CountyGeorgia17 mi29,877
Houston CountyGeorgia15 mi178,214
Sumter CountyGeorgia14 mi28,801
Schley CountyGeorgia14 mi4,593
Crawford CountyGeorgiaa single point12,206

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.