Alabama vs Georgia

The two states, county by county

Both maps share one density scale, so the same shade means the same number of people per square mile on either side of the border. Darker counties are denser. Select a county to open its page.

Side by side

Population and density

Georgia has 11,180,878 residents, 2.2 times Alabama's 5,157,699. Alabama ranks 24th and Georgia 8th of the 50 states and DC. Georgia is the more crowded, with 193.7 people per square mile against 101.8, 90% more.

Land area

Georgia has 57,717 square miles of land, 14% more than Alabama's 50,651. The largest county-equivalent in Alabama is Baldwin County at 1,590 square miles; in Georgia it is Ware County at 899.

Counties

Georgia is divided into 159 county-equivalents and Alabama into 67, so an average Georgia county covers 363 square miles against 756. The typical county in Alabama has 33,813 residents, against 24,275 in Georgia. The most populous are Jefferson County (664,744) and Fulton County (1,090,354).

31 county names appear on both sides of the border: Baldwin, Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Sumter, Walker, Washington, Wilcox. Use the FIPS code, not the name, when joining data across the two states.

Household income

The median county in Georgia has a household income of $54,862, 4% above Alabama's $52,504. The highest county incomes are Shelby County ($90,280) in Alabama and Forsyth County ($136,347) in Georgia, from SAIPE 2023.

Capitals and daylight

Montgomery and Atlanta are 146 miles apart in a straight line; from Montgomery the initial bearing is 49°, NE. On June 21, 2026, Montgomery gets 14 h 17 min of daylight and Atlanta 14 h 24 min; on December 21 the figures are 10 h 01 min and 9 h 55 min. Month by month tables are on the Montgomery and Atlanta daylight pages.

Where they sit

Both are in the South region, but Alabama is in the East South Central division and Georgia in the South Atlantic division. By county internal points, Alabama spans 1 UTM zone and Georgia 2.