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Polk County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 47 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13233

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

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Population
45,514
+2,585 (+6.0%) since 2020
Land area
310.3
square miles. A further 0.6% of the total area is water
Population density
147
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cedartown
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Cedartown city
Population 10,514.

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 Polk 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 Polk 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 433 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 Polk 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
Population45,51447th of 1591,088th of 3,144
Land area310.3 sq mi96th of 1592,784th of 3,144
Population density147 per sq mi48th of 159705th of 3,144
Median household income$58,51578th of 1592,223rd of 3,143

Full data for Polk County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population45,514Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202042,929Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?42,847Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area310.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area312.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?147 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,515American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$187,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,901American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,368American 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
+71
627 births, 556 deaths
Net migration
+645
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 Polk 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
Floyd CountyGeorgia25 mi101,378
Haralson CountyGeorgia20 mi33,066
Paulding CountyGeorgia17 mi190,996
Bartow CountyGeorgia8.6 mi120,800
Cherokee CountyAlabama8.2 mi26,413
Cleburne CountyAlabama4.4 mi15,970

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.