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Stephens County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 72 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13257

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

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Population
27,854
+1,027 (+3.8%) since 2020
Land area
178.9
square miles. A further 2.7% of the total area is water
Population density
156
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Toccoa
Seat of county government.
Established
1905
120 years ago
Largest city
Toccoa city
Population 9,539.

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 Stephens 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 Stephens 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 638 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 Stephens 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
Population27,85472nd of 1591,516th of 3,144
Land area178.9 sq mi148th of 1593,031st of 3,144
Population density156 per sq mi45th of 159678th of 3,144
Median household income$54,75495th of 1592,489th of 3,143

Full data for Stephens County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,854Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202026,827Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?26,780Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area178.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area183.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?156 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,754American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$175,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,524American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,354American 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
-108
314 births, 422 deaths
Net migration
+406
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 4 areas bordering Stephens 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 Carolina23 mi83,775
Franklin CountyGeorgia19 mi25,948
Habersham CountyGeorgia16 mi50,416
Banks CountyGeorgia3.8 mi21,273

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.