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Wayne County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 62 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13305

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

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Population
32,481
+2,336 (+7.7%) since 2020
Land area
641.8
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
50.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jesup
Seat of county government.
Established
1803
222 years ago
Largest city
Jesup city
Population 10,301.

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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 735 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 Wayne 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
Population32,48162nd of 1591,388th of 3,144
Land area641.8 sq mi10th of 1591,481st of 3,144
Population density50.6 per sq mi95th of 1591,460th of 3,144
Median household income$53,427101st of 1592,567th of 3,143

Full data for Wayne County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population32,481Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202030,145Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?30,141Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area641.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area648.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,427American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$162,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,061American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,704American 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
-76
374 births, 450 deaths
Net migration
+457
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 7 areas bordering Wayne 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
Long CountyGeorgia40 mi21,557
Appling CountyGeorgia34 mi19,100
Brantley CountyGeorgia19 mi18,936
Pierce CountyGeorgia15 mi20,764
Glynn CountyGeorgia12 mi87,599
McIntosh CountyGeorgia9.1 mi11,989
Tattnall CountyGeorgia8.1 mi24,376

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.