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Oglethorpe County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 105 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13221

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

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Population
16,415
+1,546 (+10.4%) since 2020
Land area
439.1
square miles. A further 0.7% of the total area is water
Population density
37.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lexington
Seat of county government.
Established
1793
232 years ago
Largest city
Crawford city
Population 918.

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 Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe 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 670 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 Oglethorpe 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
Population16,415105th of 1592,013th of 3,144
Land area439.1 sq mi43rd of 1592,308th of 3,144
Population density37.4 per sq mi114th of 1591,737th of 3,144
Median household income$75,03435th of 159837th of 3,143

Full data for Oglethorpe County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population16,415Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,869Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area439.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area442 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?37.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,034American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$231,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,411American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,511American 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
-23
153 births, 176 deaths
Net migration
+323
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 Oglethorpe 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
Wilkes CountyGeorgia27 mi9,540
Madison CountyGeorgia24 mi32,919
Greene CountyGeorgia18 mi21,367
Elbert CountyGeorgia17 mi20,072
Clarke CountyGeorgia13 mi129,921
Oconee CountyGeorgia7.9 mi44,893
Taliaferro CountyGeorgia4.1 mi1,662

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.