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Bartow County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 24 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13015

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

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Population
120,800
+11,517 (+10.5%) since 2020
Land area
458.9
square miles. A further 2.3% of the total area is water
Population density
263
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cartersville
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Cartersville city
Population 25,349.

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 Bartow 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 Bartow 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 790 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 Bartow 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
Population120,80024th of 159537th of 3,144
Land area458.9 sq mi35th of 1592,229th of 3,144
Population density263 per sq mi29th of 159483rd of 3,144
Median household income$82,24323rd of 159499th of 3,143

Full data for Bartow County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population120,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020109,283Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?108,872Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area458.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area469.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?263 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$82,243American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$289,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households40,819American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units45,210American 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
+256
1,392 births, 1,136 deaths
Net migration
+2,639
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 7 areas bordering Bartow 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
Cherokee CountyGeorgia24 mi299,273
Floyd CountyGeorgia24 mi101,378
Gordon CountyGeorgia23 mi61,701
Paulding CountyGeorgia12 mi190,996
Polk CountyGeorgia8.6 mi45,514
Cobb CountyGeorgia4.5 mi793,345
Pickens CountyGeorgiaa single point37,167

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.