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Baldwin County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 50 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13009

Within Georgia
Baldwin County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Milledgeville, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
44,029
+243 (+0.6%) since 2020
Land area
258.7
square miles. A further 3.6% of the total area is water
Population density
170
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Milledgeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1803
222 years ago
Largest city
Milledgeville city
Population 16,835.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Baldwin County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Baldwin County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 671 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Baldwin County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population44,02950th of 1591,119th of 3,144
Land area258.7 sq mi116th of 1592,889th of 3,144
Population density170 per sq mi40th of 159629th of 3,144
Median household income$54,40396th of 1592,509th of 3,143

Full data for Baldwin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,029Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,786Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,795Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area258.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area9.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area268.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?170 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,403American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$181,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,582American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,302American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-126
385 births, 511 deaths
Net migration
+297
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Baldwin County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wilkinson CountyGeorgia30 mi8,650
Hancock CountyGeorgia24 mi8,682
Jones CountyGeorgia18 mi29,171
Putnam CountyGeorgia15 mi23,722
Washington CountyGeorgia12 mi19,453

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.