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Ware County, Georgia

The largest of Georgia's 159 counties by land area.

CountyFIPS 13299

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

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Population
36,906
+669 (+1.8%) since 2020
Land area
899.4
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
41.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Waycross
Seat of county government.
Established
1824
201 years ago
Largest city
Waycross city
Population 13,928 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Ware 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 Ware 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 473 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 Ware 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
Population36,90655th of 1591,272nd of 3,144
Land area899.4 sq mi1st of 159860th of 3,144
Population density41.0 per sq mi104th of 1591,651st of 3,144
Median household income$47,448132nd of 1592,886th of 3,143

Full data for Ware County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,906Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202036,237Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?36,249Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area899.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area8.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area908 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?41.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$47,448American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$109,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,957American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,943American 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
-49
470 births, 519 deaths
Net migration
+417
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 8 areas bordering Ware 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
Charlton CountyGeorgia63 mi13,121
Clinch CountyGeorgia53 mi6,847
Pierce CountyGeorgia24 mi20,764
Brantley CountyGeorgia20 mi18,936
Atkinson CountyGeorgia20 mi8,454
Bacon CountyGeorgia14 mi11,070
Baker CountyFlorida12 mi29,737
Coffee CountyGeorgia9.1 mi44,407

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.