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Rabun County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 102 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13241

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

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Population
17,764
+838 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
370.1
square miles. A further 1.8% of the total area is water
Population density
48.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Clayton
Seat of county government.
Established
1819
206 years ago
Largest city
Clayton city
Population 2,089.

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 Rabun 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 Rabun 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 526 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 Rabun 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
Population17,764102nd of 1591,950th of 3,144
Land area370.1 sq mi67th of 1592,630th of 3,144
Population density48.0 per sq mi97th of 1591,514th of 3,144
Median household income$67,49349th of 1591,384th of 3,143

Full data for Rabun County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,764Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,926Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,886Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area370.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area377 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?48.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,493American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$295,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,615American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,263American 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
-133
121 births, 254 deaths
Net migration
+213
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 5 areas bordering Rabun 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
Oconee CountySouth Carolina44 mi83,775
Habersham CountyGeorgia27 mi50,416
Macon CountyNorth Carolina21 mi39,232
Towns CountyGeorgia18 mi13,285
Clay CountyNorth Carolina3.8 mi12,239

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.