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Wheeler County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 143 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13309

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

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Population
7,570
+123 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
295.5
square miles. A further 1.6% of the total area is water
Population density
25.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Alamo
Seat of county government.
Established
1912
113 years ago
Largest city
Alamo town
Population 3,362.

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 Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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 705 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 Wheeler 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
Population7,570143rd of 1592,605th of 3,144
Land area295.5 sq mi99th of 1592,816th of 3,144
Population density25.6 per sq mi131st of 1592,047th of 3,144
Median household income$40,539153rd of 1593,061st of 3,143

Full data for Wheeler County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population7,570Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,447Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,479Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area295.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area300.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,539American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$88,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age32.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,615American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,435American 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
-5
67 births, 72 deaths
Net migration
+253
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 Wheeler 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
Montgomery CountyGeorgia37 mi8,635
Telfair CountyGeorgia31 mi11,195
Laurens CountyGeorgia14 mi51,041
Jeff Davis CountyGeorgia9.1 mi15,219
Treutlen CountyGeorgia7.1 mi6,466
Dodge CountyGeorgia5.8 mi19,663

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.