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  • Largest town: Vidalia

Toombs County, Georgia

Toombs County had 27,488 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 364.0 square miles of land. It ranks 73rd of 159 in Georgia by population and 70th by land area.

Population
27,488
#73 of 159 in Georgia · #1,528 in US
Area
364.0 sq mi
#70 of 159 in Georgia · #2,644 in US
Density
76 / sq mi
#76 of 159 in Georgia · #1,124 in US
Median household income
$48,866
#121 of 159 in Georgia · #2,785 in US

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

Toombs County within Georgia. Pin: Atlanta.

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Toombs County population, land area and income

Toombs County had 27,488 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 364.0 square miles of land. It ranks 73rd of 159 in Georgia by population and 70th by land area. That works out to 75.5 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; Toombs County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $48,866 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

27,488

3144th1st

1528th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

364 sq mi

3144th1st

2644th of 3,144 (US)

Density

75.5 / sq mi

3144th1st

1124th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$48,866

3143rd1st

2785th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within Georgia (159)

Population

27,488

159th1st

73rd of 159 (GA)

Land area

364 sq mi

159th1st

70th of 159 (GA)

Density

75.5 / sq mi

159th1st

76th of 159 (GA)

Median household income

$48,866

159th1st

121st of 159 (GA)

How Toombs County's population changed since 2020

Toombs County gained 403 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.5%. That ranks 96th 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, Toombs County recorded 1,649 births and 1,691 deaths, a natural change of -42. Net international migration added +364 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +134. The largest single component was international migration, which added 364 people.

27.1k202026.9k202126.9k202227.2k202327.5k2024
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
1,649
Deaths
1,691
Net international migration
+364
Net domestic migration
+134
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+290

Where Toombs County is

The Census internal point of Toombs County is at 32.117800, -82.330600. 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 Toombs 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: Toombs County internal point. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Internal point

Decimal
32.117800, -82.330600
DMS
32°07'4.08"N 82°19'50.16"W
UTM
17N 374473.7E 3554268.1N
Geohash
djtqwwbet
Plus code
864V4M99+4Q

Towns in Toombs County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Toombs County, 14,968 people together, or 54% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Toombs County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Vidalia with 10,715.

  1. 01Vidalia (part)10,715
  2. 02Lyons4,253
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Toombs County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Toombs County. The most populous is Tattnall County, GA, with 24,275 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Atlanta and the nearest big city

Atlanta is 164.1 miles NW of Toombs County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA (population 148,808), 66.7 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Vidalia, GA (population 10,853), 7.8 miles away.

Toombs County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Toombs County is 13279: state code 13 for Georgia plus county code 279. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $48,866.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Toombs County, Georgia?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 27,488. That is up 403 people (1.5%) from the July 2020 estimate of 27,085.

What is the FIPS code of Toombs County?

13279. The first two digits (13) are Georgia; the last three (279) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Toombs County?

Vidalia, with 10,715 residents inside Toombs County in 2024 (10,853 across all 2 counties it spans).

Which counties border Toombs County?

7 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Tattnall County, GA; Emanuel County, GA; Appling County, GA; Jeff Davis County, GA; Candler County, GA; Montgomery County, GA; Treutlen 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.