Jasper County area

Jasper County, Georgia covers 373.5 square miles: 368.4 square miles of land and 5.058 square miles of water. Its county seat is Monticello. An estimated 17,632 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 131592026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area368.4 mi²
Water area5.058 mi²
Population (2025)17,632
People per mi²48

County outline

Generalized outline of Jasper County, Georgia
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Jasper County is located

Jasper County highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 98.6% of Jasper County’s measured area and water for 1.4%. Its combined area converts to 967.3 square kilometers or approximately 239,017 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land368.406954.167235,779.8
Water5.05813.13,237.1
Total373.464967.267239,017

How Jasper County compares

By original Census land area, Jasper County ranks #68 of 159 in Georgia and #2634 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 1.075 times the Georgia county-equivalent median of 342.7 square miles. It accounts for 0.6% of the combined county land area in the state.

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Population and density of Jasper County

The Census Bureau estimates that 17,632 people lived in Jasper County on July 1, 2025. That ranks #2,016 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #103 of 159 in Georgia. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 14,599, the population has grown by 3,033 (+20.8%), compared with +5.5% for Georgia as a whole.

With 368.4 square miles of land, that is 48 people per square mile (18 per km²), placing Jasper County #1,597 nationally for density and #98 in Georgia. The median county equivalent has 47 people per square mile; the Georgia median is 69. Put another way, there are about 13 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate14,67115,27015,98416,49617,19217,632
Change—+599+714+512+696+440

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. Estimates are revised each year and are not decennial census counts. Density divides the whole population by the whole county’s land area, so it describes an average, not how settlement is distributed within the county. Population sources and methods.

Cities and towns in Jasper County

2 incorporated places lie at least partly in Jasper County. Together they are home to 3,334 people (18.9%); the other 14,298 (81.1%) live outside any incorporated place, in unincorporated communities and rural areas.

The largest is Monticello city, with 3,040 residents in the county.

Incorporated placePopulation 2025Since 2020Land mi²
Monticello cityCounty seat3,040+19.6%4.258
Shady Dale town294+8.5%1.269

Population: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 subcounty estimates, counting only the part of each place inside Jasper County. Land: 2026 Census Gazetteer, for the whole place even where it extends into other counties. How communities are listed.

Metropolitan area

Jasper County is an outlying county of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan division. Its 29 county equivalents have 6,482,182 residents on 8,784.1 square miles of land; Jasper County accounts for 4.2% of the land and 0.3% of the residents. By combined land it ranks #10 of 393 metropolitan areas, and #6 by population. It belongs to the Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.

County equivalentPopulation 2025Land mi²
Fulton County1,098,791526.9
Gwinnett County1,018,099431.2
Cobb County793,345339.7
DeKalb County774,394267.6
Cherokee County299,273421
Clayton County297,471141.7
Forsyth County282,805224.6
Henry County264,922318.7
Paulding County190,996312.4
Coweta County160,240441
Douglas County154,293200.1
Carroll County131,036499.1
Newton County125,583273.8
Fayette County125,156194.7
Bartow County120,800458.9
Walton County112,696326.8
Barrow County99,773161.1
Rockdale County98,416129.8
Spalding County70,775196
Pickens County37,167232.1
Lumpkin County36,178281.4
Dawson County35,365210.8
Haralson County33,066282.2
Butts County27,218183.7
Morgan County22,095347.4
Meriwether County21,516500.9
Pike County20,932216.1
Jasper County17,632368.4
Heard County12,149296

ZIP codes

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Jasper County; 2 of them have most of their land inside the county, and the others mainly cover neighboring areas.

300143005530056310383106431085

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Lighter codes have less than half of their land in this county. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Jasper County

Jasper County shares a land border with 6 county equivalents. It has more land than 4 of them. The largest neighbor is Monroe County (396.1 mi²) and the smallest is Butts County (183.7 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Jasper County forms a block of 2,308 mi² of land, of which it holds 16%.

Map of Jasper County and the 6 county equivalents that border it Putnam County, Georgia: 344.7 mi² landJones County, Georgia: 393.9 mi² landNewton County, Georgia: 273.8 mi² landButts County, Georgia: 183.7 mi² landMorgan County, Georgia: 347.4 mi² landMonroe County, Georgia: 396.1 mi² land
Jasper County (dark) and its bordering county equivalents. Select a neighbor to open its profile. Drawn from the 2025 Census cartographic boundaries in an equal-area projection. How borders are determined.
Bordering county equivalentLand mi²Size vs. JasperCompare
Monroe County396.11.1× largerCompare
Jones County393.91.1× largerCompare
Morgan County347.41.1× smallerCompare
Putnam County344.71.1× smallerCompare
Newton County273.81.3× smallerCompare
Butts County183.72× smallerCompare

How big is Jasper County compared with U.S. states?

Jasper County has less land than any of the 50 states. Rhode Island, the smallest state by land area, has 1,033.9 mi², about 2.8 times as much. Georgia’s county land could hold about 157 areas the size of Jasper County.

Land area: Jasper County and the closest-sized states
Jasper County368.4 mi²
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 19.2 miles (30.9 km) on each side. Real county shapes are rarely square, so this is a scale reference rather than a width or driving distance.

State figures are the sums of each state’s county-equivalent land measurements in the same Census release, so states and counties are compared on the same basis. Published state totals can differ slightly because of rounding. Compare all states · Counties bigger than entire states.

What stands out about Jasper County?

Jasper County has more land than 588 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Jasper County368.4 mi²
Georgia median342.7 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Jasper County at #2,680 nationally by total area, 46 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 1.4%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 0.2 percentage points higher. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Jasper County in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#2633Pope County, Illinois368.9Compare
#2634Jasper County, Georgia368.4This county
#2635Fulton County, Indiana368.4Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 33.316981, -83.689151. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 954,167,639 m²; AWATER: 13,100,773 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How big is Jasper County?

Jasper County, Georgia has 368.4 square miles (954.2 km²) of land and 5.058 square miles of water, for a total area of 373.5 square miles. It ranks #2634 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Jasper County the largest county in Georgia?

No. Jasper County ranks #68 of 159 in Georgia by land area. The largest is Ware County, with 899.4 square miles of land.

What counties border Jasper County?

Jasper County shares a land border with Putnam County, Jones County, Newton County, Butts County, Morgan County, and Monroe County.

What is the population of Jasper County?

The Census Bureau estimates Jasper County had 17,632 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #2,016 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 48 people per square mile of land.

What is the county seat of Jasper County?

The county seat of Jasper County is Monticello.

What cities and towns are in Jasper County?

Jasper County has 2 incorporated places. The most populous are Monticello city and Shady Dale town; 14,298 residents live outside any incorporated place.

Is Jasper County part of a metropolitan area?

Yes. It is an outlying county of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has 29 county equivalents and 6,482,182 residents.

How many ZIP codes are in Jasper County?

6 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Jasper County, and 2 of them have most of their land inside the county. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS ZIP Code areas.

How does Jasper County compare with U.S. states?

It has less land than every state. Rhode Island, the smallest, has 2.8 times as much land.

How many acres of land are in Jasper County?

The land measurement converts to approximately 235,780 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 239,017 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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