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Richmond County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 11 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13245

Within Georgia
Richmond County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
206,559
-22 (0%) since 2020
Land area
324.4
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
637
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Augusta
Seat of county government.
Established
1777
248 years ago
Largest city
Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance)
Population 201,999.

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 Richmond 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 Richmond 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 603 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 Richmond 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
Population206,55911th of 159352nd of 3,144
Land area324.4 sq mi90th of 1592,752nd of 3,144
Population density637 per sq mi15th of 159225th of 3,144
Median household income$55,63790th of 1592,428th of 3,143

Full data for Richmond County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population206,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020206,581Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?206,602Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area324.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area328.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?637 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,637American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$178,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households76,694American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units93,145American 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
+403
2,743 births, 2,340 deaths
Net migration
-393
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Richmond 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
Aiken CountySouth Carolina46 mi181,515
Burke CountyGeorgia30 mi24,408
Columbia CountyGeorgia20 mi169,189
Jefferson CountyGeorgia6.7 mi15,011
McDuffie CountyGeorgia4.5 mi21,640
Edgefield CountySouth Carolina1.4 mi29,808

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.