Miller County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 147 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13201

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

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Population
5,812
-183 (-3.1%) since 2020
Land area
282.4
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
20.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Colquitt
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Colquitt city
Population 1,937.

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 Miller 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 Miller 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 500 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 Miller 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
Population5,812147th of 1592,747th of 3,144
Land area282.4 sq mi105th of 1592,838th of 3,144
Population density20.6 per sq mi142nd of 1592,223rd of 3,144
Median household income$51,425117th of 1592,695th of 3,143

Full data for Miller County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,812Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,995Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?6,002Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area282.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area283.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,425American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$124,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,573American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,856American 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
-32
60 births, 92 deaths
Net migration
+38
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 4 areas bordering Miller 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
Early CountyGeorgia32 mi10,455
Baker CountyGeorgia18 mi2,725
Decatur CountyGeorgia12 mi29,432
Seminole CountyGeorgia11 mi9,162

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.