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Barrow County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 28 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13013

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

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Population
99,773
+15,707 (+18.7%) since 2020
Land area
161.1
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
619
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Winder
Seat of county government.
Established
1914
111 years ago
Largest city
Winder city
Population 21,252.

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 Barrow 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 Barrow 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 690 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 Barrow 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
Population99,77328th of 159623rd of 3,144
Land area161.1 sq mi153rd of 1593,050th of 3,144
Population density619 per sq mi17th of 159233rd of 3,144
Median household income$80,65326th of 159556th of 3,143

Full data for Barrow County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population99,773Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202084,066Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?83,575Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area161.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area162.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?619 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,653American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$294,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households30,789American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units32,248American 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
+504
1,328 births, 824 deaths
Net migration
+2,314
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 Barrow 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
Jackson CountyGeorgia31 mi99,265
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia16 mi1,018,099
Walton CountyGeorgia13 mi112,696
Oconee CountyGeorgia7.5 mi44,893
Clarke CountyGeorgia177 ft129,921
Hall CountyGeorgiaa single point226,568

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.