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Washington County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 96 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13303

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

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Population
19,453
-496 (-2.5%) since 2020
Land area
678.5
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
28.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Sandersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1784
241 years ago
Largest city
Sandersville city
Population 5,397.

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 Washington 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 Washington 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 785 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 Washington 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
Population19,45396th of 1591,861st of 3,144
Land area678.5 sq mi7th of 1591,383rd of 3,144
Population density28.7 per sq mi125th of 1591,964th of 3,144
Median household income$46,023139th of 1592,932nd of 3,143

Full data for Washington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population19,453Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,949Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,990Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area678.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area684.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?28.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$46,023American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$112,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,330American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,769American 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
-123
154 births, 277 deaths
Net migration
-106
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Washington 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
Jefferson CountyGeorgia31 mi15,011
Johnson CountyGeorgia29 mi9,310
Wilkinson CountyGeorgia27 mi8,650
Hancock CountyGeorgia23 mi8,682
Glascock CountyGeorgia15 mi3,141
Baldwin CountyGeorgia12 mi44,029

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.