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  • FIPS 13225
  • Largest town: Fort Valley

Peach County, Georgia

Peach County had 29,213 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 150.3 square miles of land. It ranks 66th of 159 in Georgia by population and 155th by land area.

Population
29,213
#66 of 159 in Georgia · #1,465 in US
Area
150.3 sq mi
#155 of 159 in Georgia · #3,060 in US
Density
194 / sq mi
#36 of 159 in Georgia · #574 in US
Median household income
$68,464
#40 of 159 in Georgia · #1,104 in US

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

Peach County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

Peach County population, land area and income

Peach County had 29,213 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 150.3 square miles of land. It ranks 66th of 159 in Georgia by population and 155th by land area. That works out to 194.4 people per square mile, 2.0 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

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

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $68,464 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

29,213

3144th1st

1465th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

150 sq mi

3144th1st

3060th of 3,144 (US)

Density

194.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

574th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$68,464

3143rd1st

1104th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

29,213

159th1st

66th of 159 (GA)

Land area

150 sq mi

159th1st

155th of 159 (GA)

Density

194.4 / sq mi

159th1st

36th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$68,464

159th1st

40th of 159 (GA)

How Peach County's population changed since 2020

Peach County gained 1,171 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.2%. That ranks 60th 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, Peach County recorded 1,294 births and 1,598 deaths, a natural change of -304. Net international migration added +85 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +1,417. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 1,417 people.

28.0k202028.3k202128.5k202228.8k202329.2k2024
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
1,294
Deaths
1,598
Net international migration
+85
Net domestic migration
+1,417
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+406

Where Peach County is

The Census internal point of Peach County is at 32.571300, -83.832000. 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 Peach 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: Peach County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
32.571300, -83.832000
DMS
32°34'16.68"N 83°49'55.20"W
UTM
17N 234128.5E 3607301.9N
Geohash
dju3k37ms
Plus code
864RH5C9+G6

Towns in Peach County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Peach County, 16,054 people together, or 55% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Peach County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Fort Valley with 9,023.

  1. 01Fort Valley9,023
  2. 02Byron6,305
  3. 03Warner Robins (part)620
  4. 04Perry (part)106
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Peach County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Peach County. The most populous is Houston County, GA, with 174,897 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 87.5 miles NNW of Peach County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Macon-Bibb County, GA (population 157,056), 18.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Perry, GA (population 24,792), 9.1 miles away.

Peach County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Peach County is 13225: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 225. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $68,464.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Peach County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 29,213. That is up 1,171 people (4.2%) from the July 2020 estimate of 28,042.

What is the FIPS code of Peach County?

13225. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (225) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Peach County?

Fort Valley, with 9,023 residents inside Peach County in 2024.

Which counties border Peach County?

4 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Houston County, GA; Crawford County, GA; Macon County, GA; Taylor 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.