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Banks County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 88 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13011

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

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Population
21,273
+3,144 (+17.3%) since 2020
Land area
232.7
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
91.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Homer
Seat of county government.
Established
1858
167 years ago
Largest city
Homer town
Population 2,016.

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 Banks 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 Banks 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 749 by 800 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 Banks 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
Population21,27388th of 1591,762nd of 3,144
Land area232.7 sq mi126th of 1592,945th of 3,144
Population density91.4 per sq mi64th of 159984th of 3,144
Median household income$77,06333rd of 159724th of 3,143

Full data for Banks County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population21,273Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,129Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,083Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area232.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area234.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?91.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$77,063American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$278,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,856American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,479American 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
+61
267 births, 206 deaths
Net migration
+709
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 6 areas bordering Banks 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
Franklin CountyGeorgia18 mi25,948
Jackson CountyGeorgia16 mi99,265
Hall CountyGeorgia13 mi226,568
Habersham CountyGeorgia11 mi50,416
Madison CountyGeorgia3.9 mi32,919
Stephens CountyGeorgia3.8 mi27,854

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.