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Rockdale County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 30 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13247

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

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Population
98,416
+4,834 (+5.2%) since 2020
Land area
129.8
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
758
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Conyers
Seat of county government.
Established
1870
155 years ago
Largest city
Conyers city
Population 20,377.

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 Rockdale 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 Rockdale 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 705 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 Rockdale 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
Population98,41630th of 159635th of 3,144
Land area129.8 sq mi158th of 1593,074th of 3,144
Population density758 per sq mi11th of 159203rd of 3,144
Median household income$77,24731st of 159714th of 3,143

Full data for Rockdale County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population98,416Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202093,582Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?93,487Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area129.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area132.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?758 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,247American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$292,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households34,437American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units36,221American 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
+128
984 births, 856 deaths
Net migration
+888
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 Rockdale 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
Newton CountyGeorgia21 mi125,583
DeKalb CountyGeorgia18 mi774,394
Henry CountyGeorgia16 mi264,922
Walton CountyGeorgia4.8 mi112,696
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia3.3 mi1,018,099

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.