GA · 2026 Census Gazetteer

Georgia counties by area

Official, comparable measurements for 159 counties and county equivalents.

Source fields preservedGEOID · ALAND · AWATER

County equivalents159

Combined land57,717.6 mi²

Combined water1,705.4 mi²

Largest by landWare County

Understanding Georgia’s county areas

The land-area range runs from Clarke County at 119.3 mi² to Ware County at 899.4 mi². The largest has 7.5 times the land area of the smallest and accounts for 1.6% of the combined county land in Georgia.

The median county-equivalent land area is 342.7 mi², below the national median of 604.5 mi². The median describes the middle of the county size distribution; it does not describe how people or development are distributed. A state with a few very large counties can have a much smaller median than its largest entry suggests.

Where water changes the picture

Chatham County has the most assigned water area, at 197.2 mi². It also has the highest water share, with water making up 31.3% of its total area. Water area and water percentage answer different questions: the first measures an amount, while the second measures the mix of land and water.

Across all 159 entries, water accounts for 2.9% of the combined total area. This is calculated from the summed land and water measurements, rather than averaging county percentages, which would give each small and large county equal weight.

Compare the largest and smallest county equivalents in Georgia to see land, water, and total area on the same scale.

These calculations use the 2026 Census county records listed below. County-equivalent boundaries vary between states; area alone does not measure population, density, or usable land. See coverage and calculation rules.

Complete area table

Sorted from largest to smallest land area.

#	County / equivalent	Land	Water	Water share
1	Ware CountyGEOID 13299	899.4 mi²	8.6 mi²	1%
2	Burke CountyGEOID 13033	827 mi²	7.9 mi²	1%
3	Clinch CountyGEOID 13065	815 mi²	9 mi²	1.1%
4	Laurens CountyGEOID 13175	807.3 mi²	11.1 mi²	1.4%
5	Charlton CountyGEOID 13049	780.1 mi²	2.3 mi²	0.3%
6	Emanuel CountyGEOID 13107	680.6 mi²	9.6 mi²	1.4%
7	Washington CountyGEOID 13303	678.5 mi²	5.8 mi²	0.9%
8	Bulloch CountyGEOID 13031	676 mi²	12.7 mi²	1.8%
9	Screven CountyGEOID 13251	645.8 mi²	10 mi²	1.5%
10	Wayne CountyGEOID 13305	641.8 mi²	6.9 mi²	1.1%
11	Camden CountyGEOID 13039	630.3 mi²	151.6 mi²	19.4%
12	Decatur CountyGEOID 13087	597.2 mi²	25.9 mi²	4.2%
13	Coffee CountyGEOID 13069	592.3 mi²	10.4 mi²	1.7%
14	Worth CountyGEOID 13321	570.7 mi²	4.1 mi²	0.7%
15	Colquitt CountyGEOID 13071	547.1 mi²	9.6 mi²	1.7%
16	Thomas CountyGEOID 13275	544.6 mi²	7.6 mi²	1.4%
17	Fulton CountyGEOID 13121	526.9 mi²	7.9 mi²	1.5%
18	Jefferson CountyGEOID 13163	526.6 mi²	3.1 mi²	0.6%
19	Liberty CountyGEOID 13179	516.5 mi²	86.1 mi²	14.3%
20	Early CountyGEOID 13099	512.6 mi²	3.7 mi²	0.7%
21	Mitchell CountyGEOID 13205	512.2 mi²	1.7 mi²	0.3%
22	Floyd CountyGEOID 13115	509.8 mi²	8.6 mi²	1.7%
23	Appling CountyGEOID 13001	508.3 mi²	4 mi²	0.8%
24	Meriwether CountyGEOID 13199	500.9 mi²	4.2 mi²	0.8%
25	Carroll CountyGEOID 13045	499.1 mi²	4.6 mi²	0.9%
26	Lowndes CountyGEOID 13185	497.3 mi²	13.3 mi²	2.6%
27	Dodge CountyGEOID 13091	496 mi²	7.1 mi²	1.4%
28	Brooks CountyGEOID 13027	493.2 mi²	4.6 mi²	0.9%
29	Sumter CountyGEOID 13261	482.9 mi²	9.7 mi²	2%
30	Tattnall CountyGEOID 13267	480.8 mi²	7.5 mi²	1.5%
31	Effingham CountyGEOID 13103	478.9 mi²	4 mi²	0.8%
32	Hancock CountyGEOID 13141	471.1 mi²	6.7 mi²	1.4%
33	Wilkes CountyGEOID 13317	469.5 mi²	4.6 mi²	1%
34	Harris CountyGEOID 13145	463.8 mi²	9.1 mi²	1.9%
35	Bartow CountyGEOID 13015	458.9 mi²	10.6 mi²	2.3%
36	Stewart CountyGEOID 13259	458.8 mi²	4.8 mi²	1%
37	Grady CountyGEOID 13131	454.5 mi²	5.8 mi²	1.3%
38	Berrien CountyGEOID 13019	453.4 mi²	4.5 mi²	1%
39	Wilkinson CountyGEOID 13319	449.2 mi²	2.7 mi²	0.6%
40	Walker CountyGEOID 13295	446.3 mi²	0.6 mi²	0.1%
41	Brantley CountyGEOID 13025	443.2 mi²	4 mi²	0.9%
42	Coweta CountyGEOID 13077	441 mi²	4.9 mi²	1.1%
43	Oglethorpe CountyGEOID 13221	439.1 mi²	3 mi²	0.7%
44	Bryan CountyGEOID 13029	437.6 mi²	16.9 mi²	3.7%
45	Telfair CountyGEOID 13271	437.3 mi²	6.7 mi²	1.5%
46	Chatham CountyGEOID 13051	432.8 mi²	197.2 mi²	31.3%
47	McIntosh CountyGEOID 13191	431.3 mi²	142.5 mi²	24.8%
48	Gwinnett CountyGEOID 13135	431.2 mi²	6.1 mi²	1.4%
49	Randolph CountyGEOID 13243	428.2 mi²	2.6 mi²	0.6%
50	Gilmer CountyGEOID 13123	426.2 mi²	4.8 mi²	1.1%
51	Cherokee CountyGEOID 13057	421 mi²	13.3 mi²	3.1%
52	Echols CountyGEOID 13101	420.4 mi²	0.3 mi²	0.1%
53	Glynn CountyGEOID 13127	419.6 mi²	165.7 mi²	28.3%
54	Troup CountyGEOID 13285	414 mi²	31.9 mi²	7.2%
55	Macon CountyGEOID 13193	400.7 mi²	5.3 mi²	1.3%
56	Long CountyGEOID 13183	400.4 mi²	3.4 mi²	0.8%
57	Monroe CountyGEOID 13207	396.1 mi²	2.2 mi²	0.5%
58	Jones CountyGEOID 13169	393.9 mi²	1.5 mi²	0.4%
59	Dooly CountyGEOID 13093	392.6 mi²	4.7 mi²	1.2%
60	Hall CountyGEOID 13139	392.5 mi²	36.1 mi²	8.4%
61	Talbot CountyGEOID 13263	391.4 mi²	3.4 mi²	0.9%
62	Greene CountyGEOID 13133	387.5 mi²	18.7 mi²	4.6%
63	Fannin CountyGEOID 13111	387.2 mi²	5.2 mi²	1.3%
64	Wilcox CountyGEOID 13315	377.8 mi²	4.3 mi²	1.1%
65	Taylor CountyGEOID 13269	376.7 mi²	3 mi²	0.8%
66	Houston CountyGEOID 13153	376.2 mi²	3.7 mi²	1%
67	Rabun CountyGEOID 13241	370.1 mi²	6.9 mi²	1.8%
68	Jasper CountyGEOID 13159	368.4 mi²	5.1 mi²	1.4%
69	Marion CountyGEOID 13197	365.7 mi²	1.5 mi²	0.4%
70	Toombs CountyGEOID 13279	364 mi²	7 mi²	1.9%
71	Twiggs CountyGEOID 13289	359.3 mi²	3.4 mi²	0.9%
72	Gordon CountyGEOID 13129	356.5 mi²	2.2 mi²	0.6%
73	Lee CountyGEOID 13177	355.9 mi²	5.9 mi²	1.6%
74	Irwin CountyGEOID 13155	354.4 mi²	8.4 mi²	2.3%
75	Elbert CountyGEOID 13105	351.1 mi²	23.1 mi²	6.2%
76	Morgan CountyGEOID 13211	347.4 mi²	7.2 mi²	2%
77	Jenkins CountyGEOID 13165	347.4 mi²	5.1 mi²	1.4%
78	Putnam CountyGEOID 13237	344.7 mi²	16 mi²	4.4%
79	Murray CountyGEOID 13213	344.5 mi²	2.2 mi²	0.6%
80	Atkinson CountyGEOID 13003	342.7 mi²	1.8 mi²	0.5%
81	Baker CountyGEOID 13007	342 mi²	7.2 mi²	2.1%
82	Pierce CountyGEOID 13229	340.5 mi²	2.8 mi²	0.8%
83	Jackson CountyGEOID 13157	339.7 mi²	3.4 mi²	1%
84	Cobb CountyGEOID 13067	339.7 mi²	4.6 mi²	1.3%
85	Terrell CountyGEOID 13273	335.8 mi²	1.9 mi²	0.6%
86	Jeff Davis CountyGEOID 13161	330.9 mi²	4.5 mi²	1.3%
87	Dougherty CountyGEOID 13095	328.6 mi²	5.9 mi²	1.8%
88	Walton CountyGEOID 13297	326.8 mi²	3.2 mi²	1%
89	Crawford CountyGEOID 13079	324.9 mi²	1.5 mi²	0.5%
90	Richmond CountyGEOID 13245	324.4 mi²	4.2 mi²	1.3%
91	Union CountyGEOID 13291	323.6 mi²	7 mi²	2.1%
92	Upson CountyGEOID 13293	323.5 mi²	4.1 mi²	1.2%
93	Henry CountyGEOID 13151	318.7 mi²	7.8 mi²	2.4%
94	Chattooga CountyGEOID 13055	313.3 mi²	0.2 mi²	0.1%
95	Paulding CountyGEOID 13223	312.4 mi²	2 mi²	0.6%
96	Polk CountyGEOID 13233	310.3 mi²	1.8 mi²	0.6%
97	Johnson CountyGEOID 13167	303 mi²	3.6 mi²	1.2%
98	Heard CountyGEOID 13149	296 mi²	5.1 mi²	1.7%
99	Wheeler CountyGEOID 13309	295.5 mi²	4.8 mi²	1.6%
100	Whitfield CountyGEOID 13313	290.4 mi²	0.6 mi²	0.2%
101	Columbia CountyGEOID 13073	290.2 mi²	17.5 mi²	5.7%
102	Turner CountyGEOID 13287	285.4 mi²	4.5 mi²	1.6%
103	Warren CountyGEOID 13301	284.4 mi²	2.3 mi²	0.8%
104	Bacon CountyGEOID 13005	284.1 mi²	1.7 mi²	0.6%
105	Miller CountyGEOID 13201	282.4 mi²	1.2 mi²	0.4%
106	Madison CountyGEOID 13195	282.3 mi²	3.3 mi²	1.1%
107	Haralson CountyGEOID 13143	282.2 mi²	1 mi²	0.4%
108	Lumpkin CountyGEOID 13187	281.4 mi²	1.3 mi²	0.4%
109	Calhoun CountyGEOID 13037	280.4 mi²	3.2 mi²	1.1%
110	Habersham CountyGEOID 13137	276.9 mi²	2.2 mi²	0.8%
111	Newton CountyGEOID 13217	273.8 mi²	5.4 mi²	1.9%
112	Crisp CountyGEOID 13081	272.7 mi²	8.3 mi²	2.9%
113	DeKalb CountyGEOID 13089	267.6 mi²	3.4 mi²	1.3%
114	Franklin CountyGEOID 13119	261.6 mi²	4.9 mi²	1.8%
115	Tift CountyGEOID 13277	260.9 mi²	7.9 mi²	2.9%
116	Baldwin CountyGEOID 13009	258.7 mi²	9.6 mi²	3.6%
117	McDuffie CountyGEOID 13189	257.4 mi²	8.9 mi²	3.3%
118	Ben Hill CountyGEOID 13017	250.1 mi²	3.8 mi²	1.5%
119	Bibb CountyGEOID 13021	249.4 mi²	5.5 mi²	2.2%
120	Pulaski CountyGEOID 13235	249.3 mi²	1.9 mi²	0.8%
121	Chattahoochee CountyGEOID 13053	248.7 mi²	2.4 mi²	1%
122	Candler CountyGEOID 13043	243.1 mi²	5.8 mi²	2.3%
123	Montgomery CountyGEOID 13209	241.1 mi²	3.5 mi²	1.5%
124	White CountyGEOID 13311	240.8 mi²	1.5 mi²	0.6%
125	Seminole CountyGEOID 13253	237.6 mi²	19 mi²	7.4%
126	Banks CountyGEOID 13011	232.4 mi²	1.8 mi²	0.8%
127	Hart CountyGEOID 13147	232.4 mi²	24.5 mi²	9.5%
128	Pickens CountyGEOID 13227	232.1 mi²	0.7 mi²	0.3%
129	Cook CountyGEOID 13075	228.5 mi²	4.7 mi²	2%
130	Forsyth CountyGEOID 13117	224.6 mi²	22.6 mi²	9.1%
131	Muscogee CountyGEOID 13215	216.5 mi²	4.5 mi²	2%
132	Pike CountyGEOID 13231	216.1 mi²	3.3 mi²	1.5%
133	Bleckley CountyGEOID 13023	215.9 mi²	3.3 mi²	1.5%
134	Dawson CountyGEOID 13085	210.8 mi²	3.6 mi²	1.7%
135	Lincoln CountyGEOID 13181	210.4 mi²	46.9 mi²	18.2%
136	Webster CountyGEOID 13307	209.7 mi²	0.9 mi²	0.4%
137	Douglas CountyGEOID 13097	200.1 mi²	0.9 mi²	0.5%
138	Treutlen CountyGEOID 13283	199.4 mi²	3 mi²	1.5%
139	Lanier CountyGEOID 13173	196.5 mi²	3.3 mi²	1.6%
140	Spalding CountyGEOID 13255	196 mi²	3.6 mi²	1.8%
141	Clay CountyGEOID 13061	195.4 mi²	21.8 mi²	10.1%
142	Fayette CountyGEOID 13113	194.7 mi²	4.9 mi²	2.5%
143	Taliaferro CountyGEOID 13265	194.6 mi²	0.7 mi²	0.4%
144	Oconee CountyGEOID 13219	184.4 mi²	2 mi²	1.1%
145	Butts CountyGEOID 13035	183.7 mi²	4.4 mi²	2.3%
146	Lamar CountyGEOID 13171	183.5 mi²	2.3 mi²	1.3%
147	Evans CountyGEOID 13109	182.9 mi²	4 mi²	2.1%
148	Stephens CountyGEOID 13257	178.9 mi²	5 mi²	2.7%
149	Dade CountyGEOID 13083	174.1 mi²	0.2 mi²	0.1%
150	Schley CountyGEOID 13249	166.9 mi²	0.9 mi²	0.5%
151	Towns CountyGEOID 13281	166.6 mi²	5.2 mi²	3%
152	Catoosa CountyGEOID 13047	162.2 mi²	0.3 mi²	0.2%
153	Barrow CountyGEOID 13013	161.1 mi²	1.8 mi²	1.1%
154	Quitman CountyGEOID 13239	151.2 mi²	9.3 mi²	5.8%
155	Peach CountyGEOID 13225	150.3 mi²	1 mi²	0.7%
156	Glascock CountyGEOID 13125	143.7 mi²	0.7 mi²	0.5%
157	Clayton CountyGEOID 13063	141.7 mi²	2.7 mi²	1.8%
158	Rockdale CountyGEOID 13247	129.8 mi²	2.3 mi²	1.7%
159	Clarke CountyGEOID 13059	119.3 mi²	1.8 mi²	1.5%

How to read this table. Land and water areas are Census statistical measurements in square miles. Adding county rows can differ slightly from separately published state totals because of rounding and geographic treatment.