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  • Largest town: Calhoun

Gordon County, Georgia

Gordon County had 60,765 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 356.5 square miles of land. It ranks 40th of 159 in Georgia by population and 72nd by land area.

Population
60,765
#40 of 159 in Georgia · #885 in US
Area
356.5 sq mi
#72 of 159 in Georgia · #2,668 in US
Density
170 / sq mi
#39 of 159 in Georgia · #626 in US
Median household income
$64,795
#47 of 159 in Georgia · #1,391 in US

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

Gordon County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

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Gordon County population, land area and income

Gordon County had 60,765 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 356.5 square miles of land. It ranks 40th of 159 in Georgia by population and 72nd by land area. That works out to 170.5 people per square mile, 1.8 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Georgia has 24,275 residents, so Gordon County is 2.5 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $64,795 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

60,765

3144th1st

885th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

356 sq mi

3144th1st

2668th of 3,144 (US)

Density

170.5 / sq mi

3144th1st

626th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$64,795

3143rd1st

1391st of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

60,765

159th1st

40th of 159 (GA)

Land area

356 sq mi

159th1st

72nd of 159 (GA)

Density

170.5 / sq mi

159th1st

39th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$64,795

159th1st

47th of 159 (GA)

How Gordon County's population changed since 2020

Gordon County gained 3,036 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 5.3%. That ranks 47th 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, Gordon County recorded 2,803 births and 3,065 deaths, a natural change of -262. Net international migration added +349 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3,104. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 3,104 people.

57.7k202058.3k202158.9k202259.8k202360.8k2024
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
2,803
Deaths
3,065
Net international migration
+349
Net domestic migration
+3,104
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+921

Where Gordon County is

The Census internal point of Gordon County is at 34.509700, -84.873900. 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 Gordon 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: Gordon County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
34.509700, -84.873900
DMS
34°30'34.92"N 84°52'26.04"W
UTM
16N 695176.4E 3820725.0N
Geohash
dn5skdk9w
Plus code
866QG45G+VC

Towns in Gordon County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Gordon County, 20,729 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Gordon County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Calhoun with 19,592.

  1. 01Calhoun19,592
  2. 02Resaca1,137
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Gordon County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Gordon County. The most populous is Cherokee County, GA, with 293,513 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 59.5 miles SSE of Gordon County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN (population 191,496), 43.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Calhoun, GA (population 19,592), 3.4 miles away.

Gordon County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Gordon County is 13129: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 129. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $64,795.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gordon County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 60,765. That is up 3,036 people (5.3%) from the July 2020 estimate of 57,729.

What is the FIPS code of Gordon County?

13129. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (129) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Gordon County?

Calhoun, with 19,592 residents inside Gordon County in 2024.

Which counties border Gordon County?

8 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Cherokee County, GA; Bartow County, GA; Whitfield County, GA; Floyd County, GA; Walker County, GA; Murray County, GA; Pickens County, GA; Gilmer 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.