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  • FIPS 13069
  • Largest town: Douglas

Coffee County, Georgia

Coffee County had 43,851 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 592.3 square miles of land. It ranks 49th of 159 in Georgia by population and 13th by land area.

Population
43,851
#49 of 159 in Georgia · #1,119 in US
Area
592.3 sq mi
#13 of 159 in Georgia · #1,654 in US
Density
74 / sq mi
#77 of 159 in Georgia · #1,139 in US
Median household income
$49,804
#115 of 159 in Georgia · #2,728 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Coffee County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

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Coffee County population, land area and income

Coffee County had 43,851 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 592.3 square miles of land. It ranks 49th of 159 in Georgia by population and 13th by land area. That works out to 74.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in Georgia has 24,275 residents; Coffee County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $49,804 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

43,851

3144th1st

1119th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

592 sq mi

3144th1st

1654th of 3,144 (US)

Density

74.0 / sq mi

3144th1st

1139th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$49,804

3143rd1st

2728th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

43,851

159th1st

49th of 159 (GA)

Land area

592 sq mi

159th1st

13th of 159 (GA)

Density

74.0 / sq mi

159th1st

77th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$49,804

159th1st

115th of 159 (GA)

How Coffee County's population changed since 2020

Coffee County gained 793 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.8%. That ranks 89th of 159 in Georgia for growth. The median Georgia county changed by +2.3%, and the state as a whole by +4.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Coffee County recorded 2,400 births and 2,216 deaths, a natural change of +184. Net international migration added +525 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +32. The largest single component was international migration, which added 525 people.

43.1k202043.1k202143.3k202243.5k202343.9k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
2,400
Deaths
2,216
Net international migration
+525
Net domestic migration
+32
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+387

Where Coffee County is

The Census internal point of Coffee County is at 31.549200, -82.844900. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades Georgia's 159 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Coffee County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Echols County: -0.6%Wilcox County: +1.3%Polk County: +3.9%Bacon County: -0.6%Webster County: -1.6%Sumter County: -1.9%Jenkins County: +2.0%Gilmer County: +6.1%Murray County: +3.3%Glascock County: +4.0%Fayette County: +4.7%Rockdale County: +4.3%Clay County: -0.5%Dodge County: -1.6%Lamar County: +11.5%Monroe County: +12.0%Jasper County: +17.4%Stephens County: +2.5%Laurens County: +1.5%Johnson County: -0.1%Heard County: +5.9%Bibb County: +0.0%Cook County: +4.3%Schley County: -0.8%Chattooga County: +1.5%Crawford County: +2.0%Dade County: -1.0%Miller County: -2.8%Turner County: +0.4%Cherokee County: +9.5%Lanier County: +5.4%Haralson County: +7.9%Morgan County: +8.6%Towns County: +5.0%Bulloch County: +6.9%Ben Hill County: -1.3%Colquitt County: +2.3%Irwin County: -5.1%Coffee County: +1.8%Gordon County: +5.3%Butts County: +6.2%Franklin County: +7.4%Tift County: +0.8%Atkinson County: +1.5%Marion County: +1.4%Clinch County: +2.2%Madison County: +8.2%Putnam County: +5.5%Greene County: +10.8%Warren County: -1.2%Newton County: +9.8%Union County: +11.3%Forsyth County: +10.7%Baldwin County: -0.3%Seminole County: +1.5%Berrien County: +2.9%Habersham County: +7.6%Burke County: -0.7%Henry County: +7.2%Charlton County: +3.9%Brantley County: +4.2%Liberty County: +5.0%Lowndes County: +3.1%Douglas County: +5.0%Telfair County: -11.7%Randolph County: -4.4%Dooly County: +0.2%Baker County: -4.1%Banks County: +12.0%Catoosa County: +1.4%Walker County: +2.4%Paulding County: +11.2%Twiggs County: -3.5%Candler County: +0.9%Fulton County: +2.0%Elbert County: +2.5%Cobb County: +2.8%Lee County: +2.6%Houston County: +6.4%DeKalb County: +0.7%Taylor County: -0.5%Richmond County: -0.1%Fannin County: +1.6%Decatur County: +0.2%Dougherty County: -3.2%Pulaski County: +3.1%Bartow County: +7.5%Screven County: +1.7%Quitman County: +4.5%Taliaferro County: +4.0%Tattnall County: -0.2%Pierce County: +4.7%Ware County: -0.0%Toombs County: +1.5%McDuffie County: +0.7%Dawson County: +24.7%Clayton County: -0.6%Appling County: +1.6%Clarke County: +1.1%Camden County: +7.6%Crisp County: -2.9%Evans County: +0.7%Upson County: +2.2%Walton County: +13.0%Hall County: +9.0%Montgomery County: -0.0%Whitfield County: +2.2%Jeff Davis County: +2.1%Lincoln County: +4.5%McIntosh County: +7.4%Meriwether County: +4.0%Muscogee County: -2.5%Oconee County: +6.5%Peach County: +4.2%Pike County: +9.1%Wilkinson County: -1.9%Bryan County: +13.5%Chatham County: +4.2%Effingham County: +12.2%Harris County: +5.8%Treutlen County: +0.4%Long County: +25.7%Wayne County: +6.6%Oglethorpe County: +8.8%Wilkes County: +0.2%Jackson County: +22.3%Calhoun County: -2.4%Emanuel County: +1.4%Gwinnett County: +4.7%Talbot County: +0.5%Lumpkin County: +7.1%Spalding County: +4.2%Bleckley County: +0.8%Washington County: -0.6%Macon County: -1.6%Thomas County: +0.6%Grady County: +0.2%Columbia County: +6.8%Pickens County: +9.7%Chattahoochee County: -9.8%Carroll County: +8.7%Coweta County: +7.8%Hancock County: -0.3%White County: +5.5%Jones County: +2.3%Floyd County: +2.8%Mitchell County: -6.2%Glynn County: +2.4%Early County: -3.3%Wheeler County: -5.0%Barrow County: +14.6%Brooks County: +0.4%Hart County: +8.4%Stewart County: -9.2%Terrell County: -4.8%Jefferson County: -4.2%Worth County: -2.3%Rabun County: +4.7%Troup County: +3.1%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -0.6%
  2. < +1.5%
  3. < +4.0%
  4. < +7.2%
  5. ≥ +7.2%
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Orange pin: Coffee County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
31.549200, -82.844900
DMS
31°32'57.12"N 82°50'41.64"W
UTM
17N 324878.3E 3491945.2N
Geohash
djt56z65m
Plus code
863VG5X4+M2

Towns in Coffee County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Coffee County, 15,813 people together, or 36% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Coffee County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Douglas with 11,828.

  1. 01Douglas11,828
  2. 02Nicholls2,909
  3. 03Broxton1,076
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Coffee County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Coffee County. The most populous is Ware County, GA, with 36,222 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 176.5 miles NNW of Coffee County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA (population 157,056), 100.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Douglas, GA (population 11,828), 3.0 miles away.

Coffee County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Coffee County is 13069: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 069. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $49,804.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coffee County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 43,851. That is up 793 people (1.8%) from the July 2020 estimate of 43,058.

What is the FIPS code of Coffee County?

13069. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (069) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Coffee County?

Douglas, with 11,828 residents inside Coffee County in 2024.

Which counties border Coffee County?

8 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Ware County, GA; Berrien County, GA; Ben Hill County, GA; Jeff Davis County, GA; Bacon County, GA; Telfair County, GA; Irwin County, GA; Atkinson County, GA.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.