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  • FIPS 13097
  • Largest town: Douglasville

Douglas County, Georgia

Douglas County had 151,887 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 200.1 square miles of land. It ranks 18th of 159 in Georgia by population and 137th by land area.

Population
151,887
#18 of 159 in Georgia · #461 in US
Area
200.1 sq mi
#137 of 159 in Georgia · #2,995 in US
Density
759 / sq mi
#10 of 159 in Georgia · #199 in US
Median household income
$79,672
#22 of 159 in Georgia · #486 in US

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

Douglas County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

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Douglas County population, land area and income

Douglas County had 151,887 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 200.1 square miles of land. It ranks 18th of 159 in Georgia by population and 137th by land area. That works out to 758.9 people per square mile, 7.9 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Georgia has 24,275 residents, so Douglas County is 6.3 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $79,672 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

151,887

3144th1st

461st of 3,144 (US)

Land area

200 sq mi

3144th1st

2995th of 3,144 (US)

Density

758.9 / sq mi

3144th1st

199th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$79,672

3143rd1st

486th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

151,887

159th1st

18th of 159 (GA)

Land area

200 sq mi

159th1st

137th of 159 (GA)

Density

758.9 / sq mi

159th1st

10th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$79,672

159th1st

22nd of 159 (GA)

How Douglas County's population changed since 2020

Douglas County gained 7,209 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.0%. That ranks 50th 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, Douglas County recorded 7,213 births and 5,198 deaths, a natural change of +2,015. Net international migration added +1,039 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +4,427. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 4,427 people.

144.7k2020145.8k2021147.7k2022149.4k2023151.9k2024
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
7,213
Deaths
5,198
Net international migration
+1,039
Net domestic migration
+4,427
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+2,486

Where Douglas County is

The Census internal point of Douglas County is at 33.701200, -84.767300. It sits in UTM zone 16N. The map shades Georgia's 159 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Douglas 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: Douglas County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
33.701200, -84.767300
DMS
33°42'4.32"N 84°46'2.28"W
UTM
16N 706924.4E 3731264.2N
Geohash
djgxxp47d
Plus code
865QP62M+F3

Towns in Douglas County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Douglas County, 48,989 people together, or 32% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Douglas County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Douglasville with 40,540.

  1. 01Douglasville40,540
  2. 02Villa Rica (part)8,322
  3. 03Austell (part)127
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Douglas County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Douglas County. The most populous is Fulton County, GA, with 1,090,354 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 22.0 miles E of Douglas County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is South Fulton, GA (population 112,003), 11.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Douglasville, GA (population 40,540), 4.5 miles away.

Douglas County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Douglas County is 13097: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 097. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $79,672.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Douglas County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 151,887. That is up 7,209 people (5.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 144,678.

What is the FIPS code of Douglas County?

13097. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (097) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Douglas County?

Douglasville, with 40,540 residents inside Douglas County in 2024.

Which counties border Douglas County?

4 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Fulton County, GA; Cobb County, GA; Paulding County, GA; Carroll 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.