Morgan County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 83 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13211

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

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Population
22,095
+1,893 (+9.4%) since 2020
Land area
347.4
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
63.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Madison
Seat of county government.
Established
1862
163 years ago
Largest city
Madison city
Population 5,179.

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 Morgan 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 Morgan 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 734 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 Morgan 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
Population22,09583rd of 1591,717th of 3,144
Land area347.4 sq mi76th of 1592,684th of 3,144
Population density63.6 per sq mi83rd of 1591,263rd of 3,144
Median household income$78,11129th of 159666th of 3,143

Full data for Morgan County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population22,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202020,202Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?20,095Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area347.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area354.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$78,111American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$342,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households8,120American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,927American 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
-9
223 births, 232 deaths
Net migration
+150
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 Morgan 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
Greene CountyGeorgia22 mi21,367
Walton CountyGeorgia18 mi112,696
Putnam CountyGeorgia15 mi23,722
Oconee CountyGeorgia14 mi44,893
Jasper CountyGeorgia11 mi17,632
Newton CountyGeorgia5.3 mi125,583

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.