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Walton County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 25 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13297

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

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Population
112,696
+15,581 (+16.0%) since 2020
Land area
326.8
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
345
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Monroe
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Monroe city
Population 16,507.

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 Walton 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 Walton 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 687 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 Walton 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
Population112,69625th of 159570th of 3,144
Land area326.8 sq mi88th of 1592,747th of 3,144
Population density345 per sq mi27th of 159389th of 3,144
Median household income$84,94519th of 159422nd of 3,143

Full data for Walton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population112,696Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202097,115Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?96,598Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area326.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area330 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?345 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$84,945American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$339,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households35,755American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units37,468American 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
+273
1,352 births, 1,079 deaths
Net migration
+2,161
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 Walton 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
Morgan CountyGeorgia18 mi22,095
Newton CountyGeorgia18 mi125,583
Oconee CountyGeorgia15 mi44,893
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia14 mi1,018,099
Barrow CountyGeorgia13 mi99,773
Rockdale CountyGeorgia4.8 mi98,416

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.