Troup County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 35 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13285

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

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Population
72,844
+3,459 (+5.0%) since 2020
Land area
414
square miles. A further 7.2% of the total area is water
Population density
176
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
LaGrange
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
LaGrange city
Population 34,730.

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 Troup 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 Troup 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 713 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 Troup 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
Population72,84435th of 159768th of 3,144
Land area414 sq mi54th of 1592,442nd of 3,144
Population density176 per sq mi38th of 159612th of 3,144
Median household income$56,77687th of 1592,350th of 3,143

Full data for Troup County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population72,844Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202069,385Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?69,423Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area414 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area31.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area446 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?176 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,776American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$217,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,904American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,790American 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
+104
940 births, 836 deaths
Net migration
+518
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 Troup 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
Heard CountyGeorgia23 mi12,149
Meriwether CountyGeorgia22 mi21,516
Harris CountyGeorgia19 mi37,280
Chambers CountyAlabama17 mi34,253
Coweta CountyGeorgia8.1 mi160,240
Randolph CountyAlabama1.5 mi23,163

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.