Population for Counties 1960 to 2000 Census
	Census	Census	Census	Census	Census	Change	Change	Change	Change
Area Name	2000	1990	1980	1970	1960	1990-2000	1980-1990	1970-1980	1960-1970
Georgia	8,186,453	6,478,149	5,462,989	4,587,930	3,943,116	26.4%	18.6%	19.1%	16.4%
Appling	17,419	15,744	15,565	12,726	13,246	10.6%	1.2%	22.3%	-3.9%
Atkinson	7,609	6,213	6,141	5,879	6,188	22.5%	1.2%	4.5%	-5.0%
Bacon	10,103	9,566	9,379	8,233	8,359	5.6%	2.0%	13.9%	-1.5%
Baker	4,074	3,615	3,808	3,875	4,543	12.7%	-5.1%	-1.7%	-14.7%
Baldwin	44,700	39,530	34,686	34,240	34,064	13.1%	14.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Banks	14,422	10,308	8,702	6,833	6,497	39.9%	18.5%	27.4%	5.2%
Barrow	46,144	29,721	21,354	16,859	14,485	55.3%	39.2%	26.7%	16.4%
Bartow	76,019	55,915	40,760	32,911	28,267	36.0%	37.2%	23.8%	16.4%
Ben Hill	17,484	16,245	16,000	13,171	13,633	7.6%	1.5%	21.5%	-3.4%
Berrien	16,235	14,153	13,525	11,556	12,038	14.7%	4.6%	17.0%	-4.0%
Bibb	153,887	150,137	150,256	143,366	141,249	2.5%	-0.1%	4.8%	1.5%
Bleckley	11,666	10,430	10,767	10,291	9,642	11.9%	-3.1%	4.6%	6.7%
Brantley	14,629	11,077	8,701	5,940	5,891	32.1%	27.3%	46.5%	0.8%
Brooks	16,450	15,398	15,255	13,743	15,292	6.8%	0.9%	11.0%	-10.1%
Bryan	23,417	15,438	10,175	6,539	6,226	51.7%	51.7%	55.6%	5.0%
Bulloch	55,983	43,125	35,785	31,585	24,263	29.8%	20.5%	13.3%	30.2%
Burke	22,243	20,579	19,349	18,255	20,596	8.1%	6.4%	6.0%	-11.4%
Butts	19,522	15,326	13,665	10,560	8,976	27.4%	12.2%	29.4%	17.6%
Calhoun	6,320	5,013	5,717	6,606	7,341	26.1%	-12.3%	-13.5%	-10.0%
Camden	43,664	30,167	13,371	11,334	9,975	44.7%	125.6%	18.0%	13.6%
Candler	9,577	7,744	7,518	6,412	6,672	23.7%	3.0%	17.2%	-3.9%
Carroll	87,268	71,422	56,346	45,404	36,451	22.2%	26.8%	24.1%	24.6%
Catoosa	53,282	42,464	36,991	28,271	21,101	25.5%	14.8%	30.8%	34.0%
Charlton	10,282	8,496	7,343	5,680	5,313	21.0%	15.7%	29.3%	6.9%
Chatham	232,048	216,774	202,226	187,816	188,299	7.0%	7.2%	7.7%	-0.3%
Chattahoochee	14,882	16,934	21,732	25,813	13,011	-12.1%	-22.1%	-15.8%	98.4%
Chattooga	25,470	22,236	21,856	20,541	19,954	14.5%	1.7%	6.4%	2.9%
Cherokee	141,903	90,204	51,699	31,059	23,001	57.3%	74.5%	66.5%	35.0%
Clarke	101,489	87,594	74,498	65,177	45,363	15.9%	17.6%	14.3%	43.7%
Clay	3,357	3,364	3,553	3,636	4,551	-0.2%	-5.3%	-2.3%	-20.1%
Clayton	236,517	181,436	150,357	98,126	46,365	30.4%	20.7%	53.2%	111.6%
Clinch	6,878	6,160	6,660	6,405	6,545	11.7%	-7.5%	4.0%	-2.1%
Cobb	607,751	447,745	297,718	196,793	114,174	35.7%	50.4%	51.3%	72.4%
Coffee	37,413	29,592	26,894	22,828	21,953	26.4%	10.0%	17.8%	4.0%
Colquitt	42,053	36,645	35,376	32,298	34,048	14.8%	3.6%	9.5%	-5.1%
Columbia	89,288	66,031	40,118	22,327	13,423	35.2%	64.6%	79.7%	66.3%
Cook	15,771	13,456	13,490	12,129	11,822	17.2%	-0.3%	11.2%	2.6%
Coweta	89,215	53,853	39,268	32,310	28,893	65.7%	37.1%	21.5%	11.8%
Crawford	12,495	8,991	7,684	5,748	5,816	39.0%	17.0%	33.7%	-1.2%
Crisp	21,996	20,011	19,489	18,087	17,768	9.9%	2.7%	7.8%	1.8%
Dade	15,154	13,183	12,318	9,910	8,666	15.0%	7.0%	24.3%	14.4%
Dawson	15,999	9,429	4,774	3,639	3,590	69.7%	97.5%	31.2%	1.4%
Decatur	28,240	25,517	25,495	22,310	25,203	10.7%	0.1%	14.3%	-11.5%
DeKalb	665,865	546,174	483,024	415,387	256,782	21.9%	13.1%	16.3%	61.8%
Dodge	19,171	17,607	16,955	15,658	16,483	8.9%	3.8%	8.3%	-5.0%
Dooly	11,525	9,901	10,826	10,404	11,474	16.4%	-8.5%	4.1%	-9.3%
Dougherty	96,065	96,321	100,710	89,639	75,680	-0.3%	-4.4%	12.4%	18.4%
Douglas	92,174	71,120	54,573	28,659	16,741	29.6%	30.3%	90.4%	71.2%
Early	12,354	11,854	13,158	12,682	13,151	4.2%	-9.9%	3.8%	-3.6%
Echols	3,754	2,334	2,297	1,924	1,876	60.8%	1.6%	19.4%	2.6%
Effingham	37,535	25,687	18,327	13,632	10,144	46.1%	40.2%	34.4%	34.4%
Elbert	20,511	18,949	18,758	17,262	17,835	8.2%	1.0%	8.7%	-3.2%
Emanuel	21,837	20,546	20,795	18,357	17,815	6.3%	-1.2%	13.3%	3.0%
Evans	10,495	8,724	8,428	7,290	6,952	20.3%	3.5%	15.6%	4.9%
Fannin	19,798	15,992	14,748	13,357	13,620	23.8%	8.4%	10.4%	-1.9%
Fayette	91,263	62,415	29,043	11,364	8,199	46.2%	114.9%	155.6%	38.6%
Floyd	90,565	81,251	79,800	73,742	69,130	11.5%	1.8%	8.2%	6.7%
Forsyth	98,407	44,083	27,958	16,928	12,170	123.2%	57.7%	65.2%	39.1%
Franklin	20,285	16,650	15,185	12,784	13,274	21.8%	9.6%	18.8%	-3.7%
Fulton	816,006	648,776	589,904	605,210	556,326	25.8%	10.0%	-2.5%	8.8%
Gilmer	23,456	13,368	11,110	8,956	8,922	75.5%	20.3%	24.1%	0.4%
Glascock	2,556	2,357	2,382	2,280	2,672	8.4%	-1.0%	4.5%	-14.7%
Glynn	67,568	62,496	54,981	50,528	41,954	8.1%	13.7%	8.8%	20.4%
Gordon	44,104	35,067	30,070	23,570	19,228	25.8%	16.6%	27.6%	22.6%
Grady	23,659	20,279	19,845	17,826	18,015	16.7%	2.2%	11.3%	-1.0%
Greene	14,406	11,793	11,391	10,212	11,193	22.2%	3.5%	11.5%	-8.8%
Gwinnett	588,448	352,910	166,815	72,349	43,541	66.7%	111.6%	130.6%	66.2%
Habersham	35,902	27,622	25,020	20,691	18,116	30.0%	10.4%	20.9%	14.2%
Hall	139,277	95,434	75,649	59,405	49,739	45.9%	26.2%	27.3%	19.4%
Hancock	10,076	8,908	9,466	9,019	9,979	13.1%	-5.9%	5.0%	-9.6%
Haralson	25,690	21,966	18,422	15,927	14,543	17.0%	19.2%	15.7%	9.5%
Harris	23,695	17,788	15,464	11,520	11,167	33.2%	15.0%	34.2%	3.2%
Hart	22,997	19,712	18,585	15,814	15,229	16.7%	6.1%	17.5%	3.8%
Heard	11,012	8,628	6,520	5,354	5,333	27.6%	32.3%	21.8%	0.4%
Henry	119,341	58,741	36,309	23,724	17,619	103.2%	61.8%	53.0%	34.7%
Houston	110,765	89,208	77,605	62,924	39,154	24.2%	15.0%	23.3%	60.7%
Irwin	9,931	8,649	8,988	8,036	9,211	14.8%	-3.8%	11.8%	-12.8%
Jackson	41,589	30,005	25,343	21,093	18,499	38.6%	18.4%	20.1%	14.0%
Jasper	11,426	8,453	7,553	5,760	6,135	35.2%	11.9%	31.1%	-6.1%
Jeff Davis	12,684	12,032	11,473	9,425	8,914	5.4%	4.9%	21.7%	5.7%
Jefferson	17,266	17,408	18,403	17,174	17,468	-0.8%	-5.4%	7.2%	-1.7%
Jenkins	8,575	8,247	8,841	8,332	9,148	4.0%	-6.7%	6.1%	-8.9%
Johnson	8,560	8,329	8,660	7,727	8,048	2.8%	-3.8%	12.1%	-4.0%
Jones	23,639	20,739	16,579	12,270	8,468	14.0%	25.1%	35.1%	44.9%
Lamar	15,912	13,038	12,215	10,688	10,240	22.0%	6.7%	14.3%	4.4%
Lanier	7,241	5,531	5,654	5,031	5,097	30.9%	-2.2%	12.4%	-1.3%
Laurens	44,874	39,988	36,990	32,738	32,313	12.2%	8.1%	13.0%	1.3%
Lee	24,757	16,250	11,684	7,044	6,204	52.4%	39.1%	65.9%	13.5%
Liberty	61,610	52,745	37,583	17,569	14,487	16.8%	40.3%	113.9%	21.3%
Lincoln	8,348	7,442	6,716	5,895	5,906	12.2%	10.8%	13.9%	-0.2%
Long	10,304	6,202	4,524	3,746	3,874	66.1%	37.1%	20.8%	-3.3%
Lowndes	92,115	75,981	67,972	55,112	49,270	21.2%	11.8%	23.3%	11.9%
Lumpkin	21,016	14,573	10,762	8,728	7,241	44.2%	35.4%	23.3%	20.5%
McDuffie	21,231	20,119	18,546	15,276	12,627	5.5%	8.5%	21.4%	21.0%
McIntosh	10,847	8,634	8,046	7,371	6,364	25.6%	7.3%	9.2%	15.8%
Macon	14,074	13,114	14,003	12,933	13,170	7.3%	-6.3%	8.3%	-1.8%
Madison	25,730	21,050	17,747	13,517	11,246	22.2%	18.6%	31.3%	20.2%
Marion	7,144	5,590	5,297	5,099	5,477	27.8%	5.5%	3.9%	-6.9%
Meriwether	22,534	22,411	21,229	19,461	19,756	0.5%	5.6%	9.1%	-1.5%
Miller	6,383	6,280	7,038	6,424	6,908	1.6%	-10.8%	9.6%	-7.0%
Mitchell	23,932	20,275	21,114	18,956	19,652	18.0%	-4.0%	11.4%	-3.5%
Monroe	21,757	17,113	14,610	10,991	10,495	27.1%	17.1%	32.9%	4.7%
Montgomery	8,270	7,379	7,011	6,099	6,284	12.1%	5.2%	15.0%	-2.9%
Morgan	15,457	12,883	11,572	9,904	10,280	20.0%	11.3%	16.8%	-3.7%
Murray	36,506	26,147	19,685	12,986	10,447	39.6%	32.8%	51.6%	24.3%
Muscogee	186,291	179,280	170,108	167,377	158,623	3.9%	5.4%	1.6%	5.5%
Newton	62,001	41,808	34,666	26,282	20,999	48.3%	20.6%	31.9%	25.2%
Oconee	26,225	17,618	12,427	7,915	6,304	48.9%	41.8%	57.0%	25.6%
Oglethorpe	12,635	9,763	8,929	7,598	7,926	29.4%	9.3%	17.5%	-4.1%
Paulding	81,678	41,611	26,110	17,520	13,101	96.3%	59.4%	49.0%	33.7%
Peach	23,668	21,189	19,151	15,990	13,846	11.7%	10.6%	19.8%	15.5%
Pickens	22,983	14,432	11,652	9,620	8,903	59.3%	23.9%	21.1%	8.1%
Pierce	15,636	13,328	11,897	9,281	9,678	17.3%	12.0%	28.2%	-4.1%
Pike	13,688	10,224	8,937	7,316	7,138	33.9%	14.4%	22.2%	2.5%
Polk	38,127	33,815	32,382	29,656	28,015	12.8%	4.4%	9.2%	5.9%
Pulaski	9,588	8,108	8,950	8,066	8,204	18.3%	-9.4%	11.0%	-1.7%
Putnam	18,812	14,137	10,295	8,394	7,798	33.1%	37.3%	22.6%	7.6%
Quitman	2,598	2,210	2,357	2,180	2,432	17.6%	-6.2%	8.1%	-10.4%
Rabun	15,050	11,648	10,466	8,327	7,456	29.2%	11.3%	25.7%	11.7%
Randolph	7,791	8,023	9,599	8,734	11,078	-2.9%	-16.4%	9.9%	-21.2%
Richmond	199,775	189,719	181,629	162,437	135,601	5.3%	4.5%	11.8%	19.8%
Rockdale	70,111	54,091	36,570	18,152	10,572	29.6%	47.9%	101.5%	71.7%
Schley	3,766	3,590	3,433	3,097	3,256	4.9%	4.6%	10.8%	-4.9%
Screven	15,374	13,842	14,043	12,591	14,919	11.1%	-1.4%	11.5%	-15.6%
Seminole	9,369	9,010	9,057	7,059	6,802	4.0%	-0.5%	28.3%	3.8%
Spalding	58,417	54,457	47,899	39,514	35,404	7.3%	13.7%	21.2%	11.6%
Stephens	25,435	23,436	21,761	20,331	18,391	8.5%	7.7%	7.0%	10.5%
Stewart	5,252	5,654	5,896	6,511	7,371	-7.1%	-4.1%	-9.4%	-11.7%
Sumter	33,200	30,232	29,360	26,931	24,652	9.8%	3.0%	9.0%	9.2%
Talbot	6,498	6,524	6,536	6,625	7,127	-0.4%	-0.2%	-1.3%	-7.0%
Taliaferro	2,077	1,915	2,032	2,423	3,370	8.5%	-5.8%	-16.1%	-28.1%
Tattnall	22,305	17,722	18,134	16,557	15,837	25.9%	-2.3%	9.5%	4.5%
Taylor	8,815	7,642	7,902	7,865	8,311	15.3%	-3.3%	0.5%	-5.4%
Telfair	11,794	11,000	11,445	11,394	11,715	7.2%	-3.9%	0.4%	-2.7%
Terrell	10,970	10,653	12,017	11,416	12,742	3.0%	-11.4%	5.3%	-10.4%
Thomas	42,737	38,943	38,098	34,562	34,319	9.7%	2.2%	10.2%	0.7%
Tift	38,407	34,998	32,862	27,288	23,487	9.7%	6.5%	20.4%	16.2%
Toombs	26,067	24,072	22,592	19,151	16,837	8.3%	6.6%	18.0%	13.7%
Towns	9,319	6,754	5,638	4,565	4,538	38.0%	19.8%	23.5%	0.6%
Treutlen	6,854	5,994	6,087	5,647	5,874	14.3%	-1.5%	7.8%	-3.9%
Troup	58,779	55,532	50,003	44,466	47,189	5.8%	11.1%	12.5%	-5.8%
Turner	9,504	8,703	9,510	8,790	8,439	9.2%	-8.5%	8.2%	4.2%
Twiggs	10,590	9,806	9,354	8,222	7,935	8.0%	4.8%	13.8%	3.6%
Union	17,289	11,993	9,390	6,811	6,510	44.2%	27.7%	37.9%	4.6%
Upson	27,597	26,300	25,998	23,505	23,800	4.9%	1.2%	10.6%	-1.2%
Walker	61,053	58,310	56,470	50,691	45,264	4.7%	3.3%	11.4%	12.0%
Walton	60,687	38,586	31,211	23,404	20,481	57.3%	23.6%	33.4%	14.3%
Ware	35,483	35,471	37,180	33,525	34,219	0.0%	-4.6%	10.9%	-2.0%
Warren	6,336	6,078	6,583	6,669	7,360	4.2%	-7.7%	-1.3%	-9.4%
Washington	21,176	19,112	18,842	17,480	18,903	10.8%	1.4%	7.8%	-7.5%
Wayne	26,565	22,356	20,750	17,858	17,921	18.8%	7.7%	16.2%	-0.4%
Webster	2,390	2,263	2,341	2,362	3,247	5.6%	-3.3%	-0.9%	-27.3%