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Marion County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 141 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13197

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

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Population
7,676
+147 (+2.0%) since 2020
Land area
365.7
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
21.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Buena Vista
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Buena Vista city
Population 1,583.

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 Marion 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 Marion 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 465 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 Marion 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
Population7,676141st of 1592,595th of 3,144
Land area365.7 sq mi69th of 1592,641st of 3,144
Population density21.0 per sq mi140th of 1592,206th of 3,144
Median household income$51,667115th of 1592,680th of 3,143

Full data for Marion County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,676Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,529Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,503Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area365.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area367.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?21.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,667American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,966American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,544American 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
-45
79 births, 124 deaths
Net migration
+106
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 Marion 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
Chattahoochee CountyGeorgia22 mi8,465
Schley CountyGeorgia21 mi4,593
Webster CountyGeorgia20 mi2,369
Talbot CountyGeorgia17 mi5,709
Taylor CountyGeorgia14 mi7,818
Sumter CountyGeorgia2.2 mi28,801
Stewart CountyGeorgia0.6 mi4,631

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.