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Bibb County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 17 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13021

Within Georgia
Bibb County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
157,556
+502 (+0.3%) since 2020
Land area
249.4
square miles. A further 2.2% of the total area is water
Population density
632
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Macon
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Macon-Bibb County
Population 157,556.

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 Bibb 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 Bibb 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 702 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 Bibb 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
Population157,55617th of 159450th of 3,144
Land area249.4 sq mi119th of 1592,913th of 3,144
Population density632 per sq mi16th of 159227th of 3,144
Median household income$51,234119th of 1592,707th of 3,143

Full data for Bibb County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population157,556Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020157,054Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?157,358Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area249.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area254.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?632 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$51,234American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$174,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households59,921American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units71,962American 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
+69
1,952 births, 1,883 deaths
Net migration
+117
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 Bibb 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
Crawford CountyGeorgia25 mi12,206
Twiggs CountyGeorgia24 mi7,597
Jones CountyGeorgia17 mi29,171
Monroe CountyGeorgia14 mi32,023
Houston CountyGeorgia8.7 mi178,214

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.