Georgia vs Tennessee

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, 55% more than Tennessee's 7,227,750. Georgia ranks 8th and Tennessee 15th of the 50 states and DC. Georgia is the more crowded, with 193.7 people per square mile against 175.3, 10% more.

Land area

Georgia has 57,717 square miles of land, 40% more than Tennessee's 41,224. The largest county-equivalent in Georgia is Ware County at 899 square miles; in Tennessee it is Shelby County at 753.

Counties

Georgia is divided into 159 county-equivalents and Tennessee into 95, so an average Georgia county covers 363 square miles against 434. The typical county in Georgia has 24,275 residents, against 32,883 in Tennessee. The most populous are Fulton County (1,090,354) and Shelby County (910,530).

29 county names appear on both sides of the border: Carroll, Clay, Coffee, DeKalb, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Polk, Putnam, Stewart, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White. Use the FIPS code, not the name, when joining data across the two states.

Household income

The median county in Tennessee has a household income of $57,630, 5% above Georgia's $54,862. The highest county incomes are Forsyth County ($136,347) in Georgia and Williamson County ($136,007) in Tennessee, from SAIPE 2023.

Capitals and daylight

Atlanta and Nashville are 215 miles apart in a straight line; from Atlanta the initial bearing is 322°, NW. On June 21, 2026, Atlanta gets 14 h 24 min of daylight and Nashville 14 h 37 min; on December 21 the figures are 9 h 55 min and 9 h 42 min. Month by month tables are on the Atlanta and Nashville daylight pages.

Where they sit

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