Echols County, Georgia

Echols County population, 2020 to 2024

Echols County lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -41.

Echols County covers 420.41 square miles of land and 0.31 of water, for 9 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Echols County is less dense than the typical town.

What county Echols County is in

All of Echols County's residents live in Echols County, which had 3,698 residents in 2024. Echols County holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Echols County

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Echols County by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31630, 31631, 31636, 31648. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Echols County is

The Census internal point of Echols County is at 30.714000, -82.897400. Atlanta, the capital, is 227.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valdosta, GA (55,667 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jacksonville, FL, 78.0 miles away.

Daylight in Echols County

At 30.71° N, Echols County gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Echols County

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Park, 17.4 miles away, with 1,558 people.