| Population for Counties 1900 to 1950 Census | |||||||||||
| Census | Census | Census | Census | Census | Census | ||||||
| Area Name | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | |||||
| Georgia | 2,216,331 | 2,609,121 | 2,895,832 | 2,908,506 | 3,123,723 | 3,444,578 | |||||
| Appling | 12,336 | 12,318 | 10,594 | 13,314 | 14,497 | 14,003 | |||||
| Atkinson | 7,656 | 6,894 | 7,093 | 7,362 | |||||||
| Bacon | 6,460 | 7,055 | 8,096 | 8,940 | |||||||
| Baker | 6,704 | 7,973 | 8,298 | 7,818 | 7,344 | 5,952 | |||||
| Baldwin | 17,768 | 18,354 | 19,791 | 22,878 | 24,190 | 29,706 | |||||
| Banks | 10,545 | 11,244 | 11,814 | 9,703 | 8,733 | 6,935 | |||||
| Barrow | 13,188 | 12,401 | 13,064 | 13,115 | |||||||
| Bartow | 20,823 | 25,388 | 24,527 | 25,364 | 25,283 | 27,370 | |||||
| Ben Hill | 11,863 | 14,599 | 13,047 | 14,523 | 14,879 | ||||||
| Berrien | 19,440 | 22,772 | 15,573 | 14,646 | 15,370 | 13,966 | |||||
| Bibb | 50,473 | 56,646 | 71,304 | 77,042 | 83,783 | 114,079 | |||||
| Bleckley | 10,532 | 9,133 | 9,655 | 9,218 | |||||||
| Brantley | 6,895 | 6,871 | 6,387 | ||||||||
| Brooks | 18,606 | 23,832 | 24,538 | 21,330 | 20,497 | 18,169 | |||||
| Bryan | 6,122 | 6,702 | 6,343 | 5,952 | 6,288 | 5,965 | |||||
| Bulloch | 21,377 | 26,464 | 26,133 | 26,509 | 26,010 | 24,740 | |||||
| Burke | 30,165 | 27,268 | 30,836 | 29,224 | 26,520 | 23,458 | |||||
| Butts | 12,805 | 13,624 | 12,327 | 9,345 | 9,182 | 9,079 | |||||
| Calhoun | 9,274 | 11,334 | 10,225 | 10,576 | 10,438 | 8,578 | |||||
| Camden | 7,669 | 7,690 | 6,969 | 6,338 | 5,910 | 7,322 | |||||
| Campbell | 9,518 | 10,874 | 11,709 | 9,903 | |||||||
| Candler | 9,228 | 8,991 | 9,103 | 8,063 | |||||||
| Carroll | 26,576 | 30,855 | 34,752 | 34,272 | 34,156 | 34,112 | |||||
| Catoosa | 5,823 | 7,184 | 6,677 | 9,421 | 12,199 | 15,146 | |||||
| Charlton | 3,592 | 4,722 | 4,536 | 4,381 | 5,256 | 4,821 | |||||
| Chatham | 71,239 | 79,690 | 100,032 | 105,431 | 117,970 | 151,481 | |||||
| Chattahoochee | 5,790 | 5,586 | 5,266 | 8,894 | 15,138 | 12,149 | |||||
| Chattooga | 12,952 | 13,608 | 14,312 | 15,407 | 18,532 | 21,197 | |||||
| Cherokee | 15,243 | 16,661 | 18,569 | 20,003 | 20,126 | 20,750 | |||||
| Clarke | 17,708 | 23,273 | 26,111 | 25,613 | 28,398 | 36,550 | |||||
| Clay | 8,568 | 8,960 | 7,557 | 6,943 | 7,064 | 5,844 | |||||
| Clayton | 9,598 | 10,453 | 11,159 | 10,260 | 11,655 | 22,872 | |||||
| Clinch | 8,732 | 8,424 | 7,984 | 7,015 | 6,437 | 6,007 | |||||
| Cobb | 24,664 | 28,397 | 30,437 | 35,408 | 38,272 | 61,830 | |||||
| Coffee | 16,169 | 21,953 | 18,653 | 19,739 | 21,541 | 23,961 | |||||
| Colquitt | 13,636 | 19,789 | 29,332 | 30,622 | 33,012 | 33,999 | |||||
| Columbia | 10,653 | 12,328 | 11,718 | 8,793 | 9,433 | 9,525 | |||||
| Cook | 11,180 | 11,311 | 11,919 | 12,201 | |||||||
| Coweta | 24,980 | 28,800 | 29,047 | 25,127 | 26,972 | 27,786 | |||||
| Crawford | 10,368 | 8,310 | 8,893 | 7,020 | 7,128 | 6,080 | |||||
| Crisp | 16,423 | 18,914 | 17,343 | 17,540 | 17,663 | ||||||
| Dade | 4,578 | 4,139 | 3,918 | 4,146 | 5,894 | 7,364 | |||||
| Dawson | 5,442 | 4,686 | 4,204 | 3,502 | 4,479 | 3,712 | |||||
| Decatur | 29,454 | 29,045 | 31,785 | 23,622 | 22,234 | 23,620 | |||||
| DeKalb | 21,112 | 27,881 | 44,051 | 70,278 | 86,942 | 136,395 | |||||
| Dodge | 13,975 | 20,127 | 22,540 | 21,599 | 21,022 | 17,865 | |||||
| Dooly | 26,567 | 20,554 | 20,522 | 18,025 | 16,886 | 14,159 | |||||
| Dougherty | 13,679 | 16,035 | 20,063 | 22,306 | 28,565 | 43,617 | |||||
| Douglas | 8,745 | 8,953 | 10,477 | 9,461 | 10,053 | 12,173 | |||||
| Early | 14,828 | 18,122 | 18,983 | 18,273 | 18,679 | 17,413 | |||||
| Echols | 3,209 | 3,309 | 3,313 | 2,744 | 2,964 | 2,494 | |||||
| Effingham | 8,334 | 9,971 | 9,985 | 10,164 | 9,646 | 9,133 | |||||
| Elbert | 19,729 | 24,125 | 23,905 | 18,485 | 19,618 | 18,585 | |||||
| Emanuel | 21,279 | 25,140 | 25,862 | 24,101 | 23,517 | 19,789 | |||||
| Evans | 6,594 | 7,102 | 7,401 | 6,653 | |||||||
| Fannin | 11,214 | 12,574 | 12,103 | 12,969 | 14,752 | 15,192 | |||||
| Fayette | 10,114 | 10,966 | 11,396 | 8,665 | 8,170 | 7,978 | |||||
| Floyd | 33,113 | 36,736 | 39,841 | 48,667 | 56,141 | 62,899 | |||||
| Forsyth | 11,550 | 11,940 | 11,755 | 10,624 | 11,322 | 11,005 | |||||
| Franklin | 17,700 | 17,894 | 19,957 | 15,902 | 15,612 | 14,446 | |||||
| Fulton | 117,363 | 177,733 | 232,606 | 318,587 | 392,886 | 473,572 | |||||
| Gilmer | 10,198 | 9,237 | 8,406 | 7,344 | 9,001 | 9,963 | |||||
| Glascock | 4,516 | 4,669 | 4,192 | 4,388 | 4,547 | 3,579 | |||||
| Glynn | 14,317 | 15,720 | 19,370 | 19,400 | 21,920 | 29,046 | |||||
| Gordon | 14,119 | 15,861 | 17,736 | 16,846 | 18,445 | 18,922 | |||||
| Grady | 18,457 | 20,306 | 19,200 | 19,654 | 18,928 | ||||||
| Greene | 16,542 | 18,512 | 18,972 | 12,616 | 13,709 | 12,843 | |||||
| Gwinnett | 25,585 | 28,824 | 30,327 | 27,853 | 29,087 | 32,320 | |||||
| Habersham | 13,604 | 10,134 | 10,730 | 12,748 | 14,771 | 16,553 | |||||
| Hall | 20,752 | 25,730 | 26,822 | 30,313 | 34,822 | 40,113 | |||||
| Hancock | 18,277 | 19,189 | 18,357 | 13,070 | 12,764 | 11,052 | |||||
| Haralson | 11,922 | 13,514 | 14,440 | 13,263 | 14,377 | 14,663 | |||||
| Harris | 18,009 | 17,886 | 15,775 | 11,140 | 11,428 | 11,265 | |||||
| Hart | 14,492 | 16,216 | 17,944 | 15,174 | 15,512 | 14,495 | |||||
| Heard | 11,177 | 11,189 | 11,126 | 9,102 | 8,610 | 6,975 | |||||
| Henry | 18,602 | 19,927 | 20,420 | 15,924 | 15,119 | 15,857 | |||||
| Houston | 22,641 | 23,609 | 21,964 | 11,280 | 11,303 | 20,964 | |||||
| Irwin | 13,645 | 10,461 | 12,670 | 12,199 | 12,936 | 11,973 | |||||
| Jackson | 24,039 | 30,169 | 24,654 | 21,609 | 20,089 | 18,997 | |||||
| Jasper | 15,033 | 16,552 | 16,362 | 8,594 | 8,772 | 7,473 | |||||
| Jeff Davis | 6,050 | 7,322 | 8,118 | 8,841 | 9,299 | ||||||
| Jefferson | 18,212 | 21,379 | 22,602 | 20,727 | 20,040 | 18,855 | |||||
| Jenkins | 11,520 | 14,328 | 12,908 | 11,843 | 10,264 | ||||||
| Johnson | 11,409 | 12,897 | 13,546 | 12,681 | 12,953 | 9,893 | |||||
| Jones | 13,358 | 13,103 | 13,269 | 8,992 | 8,331 | 7,538 | |||||
| Lamar | 9,745 | 10,091 | 10,242 | ||||||||
| Lanier | 5,190 | 5,632 | 5,151 | ||||||||
| Laurens | 25,908 | 35,501 | 39,605 | 32,693 | 33,606 | 33,123 | |||||
| Lee | 10,344 | 11,679 | 10,904 | 8,328 | 7,837 | 6,674 | |||||
| Liberty | 13,093 | 12,924 | 12,707 | 8,153 | 8,595 | 8,444 | |||||
| Lincoln | 7,156 | 8,714 | 9,739 | 7,847 | 7,042 | 6,462 | |||||
| Long | 4,180 | 4,086 | 3,598 | ||||||||
| Lowndes | 20,036 | 24,436 | 26,521 | 29,994 | 31,860 | 35,211 | |||||
| Lumpkin | 7,433 | 5,444 | 5,240 | 4,927 | 6,223 | 6,574 | |||||
| McDuffie | 9,804 | 10,325 | 11,509 | 9,014 | 10,878 | 11,443 | |||||
| McIntosh | 6,537 | 6,442 | 5,119 | 5,763 | 5,292 | 6,008 | |||||
| Macon | 14,093 | 15,016 | 17,667 | 16,643 | 15,947 | 14,213 | |||||
| Madison | 13,224 | 16,851 | 18,803 | 14,921 | 13,431 | 12,238 | |||||
| Marion | 10,080 | 9,147 | 7,604 | 6,968 | 6,954 | 6,521 | |||||
| Meriwether | 23,339 | 25,180 | 26,168 | 22,437 | 22,055 | 21,055 | |||||
| Miller | 6,319 | 7,986 | 9,565 | 9,076 | 9,998 | 9,023 | |||||
| Milton County | 6,763 | 7,239 | 6,885 | 6,730 | |||||||
| Mitchell | 14,767 | 22,114 | 25,588 | 23,620 | 23,261 | 22,528 | |||||
| Monroe | 20,682 | 20,450 | 20,138 | 11,606 | 10,749 | 10,523 | |||||
| Montgomery | 16,359 | 19,638 | 9,167 | 10,020 | 9,668 | 7,901 | |||||
| Morgan | 15,813 | 19,717 | 20,143 | 12,488 | 12,713 | 11,899 | |||||
| Murray | 8,623 | 9,763 | 9,490 | 9,215 | 11,137 | 10,676 | |||||
| Muscogee | 29,836 | 36,227 | 44,195 | 57,558 | 75,494 | 118,028 | |||||
| Newton | 16,734 | 18,449 | 21,680 | 17,290 | 18,576 | 20,185 | |||||
| Oconee | 8,602 | 11,104 | 11,067 | 8,082 | 7,576 | 7,009 | |||||
| Oglethorpe | 17,881 | 18,680 | 20,287 | 12,927 | 12,430 | 9,958 | |||||
| Paulding | 12,969 | 14,124 | 14,025 | 12,327 | 12,832 | 11,752 | |||||
| Peach | 10,268 | 10,378 | 11,705 | ||||||||
| Pickens | 8,641 | 9,041 | 8,222 | 9,687 | 9,136 | 8,855 | |||||
| Pierce | 8,100 | 10,749 | 11,934 | 12,522 | 11,800 | 11,112 | |||||
| Pike | 18,761 | 19,495 | 21,212 | 10,853 | 10,375 | 8,459 | |||||
| Polk | 17,856 | 20,203 | 20,357 | 25,141 | 28,467 | 30,976 | |||||
| Pulaski | 18,489 | 22,835 | 11,587 | 9,005 | 9,829 | 8,808 | |||||
| Putnam | 13,436 | 13,876 | 15,151 | 8,367 | 8,514 | 7,731 | |||||
| Quitman | 4,701 | 4,594 | 3,417 | 3,820 | 3,435 | 3,015 | |||||
| Rabun | 6,285 | 5,562 | 5,746 | 6,331 | 7,821 | 7,424 | |||||
| Randolph | 16,847 | 18,841 | 16,721 | 17,174 | 16,609 | 13,804 | |||||
| Richmond | 53,735 | 58,886 | 63,692 | 72,990 | 81,863 | 108,876 | |||||
| Rockdale | 7,515 | 8,916 | 9,521 | 7,247 | 7,724 | 8,464 | |||||
| Schley | 5,499 | 5,213 | 5,243 | 5,347 | 5,033 | 4,036 | |||||
| Screven | 19,252 | 20,202 | 23,552 | 20,503 | 20,353 | 18,000 | |||||
| Seminole | 7,389 | 8,492 | 7,904 | ||||||||
| Spalding | 17,619 | 19,741 | 21,908 | 23,495 | 28,427 | 31,045 | |||||
| Stephens | 9,728 | 11,215 | 11,740 | 12,972 | 16,647 | ||||||
| Stewart | 15,856 | 13,437 | 12,089 | 11,114 | 10,603 | 9,194 | |||||
| Sumter | 26,212 | 29,092 | 29,640 | 26,800 | 24,502 | 24,208 | |||||
| Talbot | 12,197 | 11,696 | 11,158 | 8,458 | 8,141 | 7,687 | |||||
| Taliaferro | 7,912 | 8,766 | 8,841 | 6,172 | 6,278 | 4,515 | |||||
| Tattnall | 20,419 | 18,569 | 14,502 | 15,411 | 16,243 | 15,939 | |||||
| Taylor | 9,846 | 10,839 | 11,473 | 10,617 | 10,768 | 9,113 | |||||
| Telfair | 10,083 | 13,288 | 15,291 | 14,997 | 15,145 | 13,221 | |||||
| Terrell | 19,023 | 22,003 | 19,601 | 18,290 | 16,675 | 14,314 | |||||
| Thomas | 31,076 | 29,071 | 33,044 | 32,612 | 31,289 | 33,932 | |||||
| Tift | 11,487 | 14,493 | 16,068 | 18,599 | 22,645 | ||||||
| Toombs | 11,206 | 13,897 | 17,165 | 16,952 | 17,382 | ||||||
| Towns | 4,748 | 3,932 | 3,937 | 4,346 | 4,925 | 4,803 | |||||
| Treutlen | 7,664 | 7,488 | 7,632 | 6,522 | |||||||
| Troup | 24,002 | 26,228 | 36,097 | 36,752 | 43,879 | 49,841 | |||||
| Turner | 10,075 | 12,466 | 11,196 | 10,846 | 10,479 | ||||||
| Twiggs | 8,716 | 10,736 | 10,407 | 8,372 | 9,117 | 8,308 | |||||
| Union | 8,481 | 6,918 | 6,455 | 6,340 | 7,680 | 7,318 | |||||
| Upson | 13,670 | 12,757 | 14,786 | 19,509 | 25,064 | 25,078 | |||||
| Walker | 15,661 | 18,692 | 23,370 | 26,206 | 31,024 | 38,198 | |||||
| Walton | 20,942 | 25,393 | 24,216 | 21,118 | 20,777 | 20,230 | |||||
| Ware | 13,761 | 22,957 | 28,361 | 26,558 | 27,929 | 30,289 | |||||
| Warren | 11,463 | 11,860 | 11,828 | 11,181 | 10,236 | 8,779 | |||||
| Washington | 28,227 | 28,174 | 28,147 | 25,030 | 24,230 | 21,012 | |||||
| Wayne | 9,449 | 13,069 | 14,381 | 12,647 | 13,122 | 14,248 | |||||
| Webster | 6,618 | 6,151 | 5,342 | 5,032 | 4,726 | 4,081 | |||||
| Wheeler | 9,817 | 9,149 | 8,535 | 6,712 | |||||||
| White | 5,912 | 5,110 | 6,105 | 6,056 | 6,417 | 5,951 | |||||
| Whitfield | 14,509 | 15,934 | 16,897 | 20,808 | 26,105 | 34,432 | |||||
| Wilcox | 11,097 | 13,486 | 15,511 | 13,439 | 12,755 | 10,167 | |||||
| Wilkes | 20,866 | 23,441 | 24,210 | 15,944 | 15,084 | 12,388 | |||||
| Wilkinson | 11,440 | 10,078 | 11,376 | 10,844 | 11,025 | 9,781 | |||||
| Worth | 18,664 | 19,147 | 23,863 | 21,094 | 21,374 | 19,357 | |||||
| Source: U. S. Bureau of the Census | |||||||||||
| Blank Cells: County was created/dissolved after date | |||||||||||