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Whitfield County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 26 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13313

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

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Population
106,212
+3,422 (+3.3%) since 2020
Land area
290.4
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
366
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dalton
Seat of county government.
Established
1851
174 years ago
Largest city
Dalton city
Population 35,322.

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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield 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 650 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 Whitfield 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
Population106,21226th of 159593rd of 3,144
Land area290.4 sq mi100th of 1592,821st of 3,144
Population density366 per sq mi24th of 159376th of 3,144
Median household income$67,07052nd of 1591,429th of 3,143

Full data for Whitfield County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population106,212Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020102,790Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?102,870Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area290.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.61 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area291.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?366 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$67,070American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$218,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.6American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households36,834American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units39,806American 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
+287
1,292 births, 1,005 deaths
Net migration
+356
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 Whitfield 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
Murray CountyGeorgia51 mi41,607
Catoosa CountyGeorgia25 mi69,628
Walker CountyGeorgia17 mi70,250
Bradley CountyTennessee9.5 mi115,465
Gordon CountyGeorgia9.4 mi61,701
Hamilton CountyTennessee0.2 mi390,833

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.