Carroll County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 19 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13045

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

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Population
131,036
+11,642 (+9.8%) since 2020
Land area
499.1
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
263
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Carrollton
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Carrollton city
Population 27,925.

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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 713 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 Carroll 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
Population131,03619th of 159505th of 3,144
Land area499.1 sq mi25th of 1592,086th of 3,144
Population density263 per sq mi29th of 159483rd of 3,144
Median household income$73,71439th of 159937th of 3,143

Full data for Carroll County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population131,036Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020119,394Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?119,132Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area499.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area503.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?263 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,714American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$255,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households44,106American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units47,840American 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
+212
1,621 births, 1,409 deaths
Net migration
+1,332
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 8 areas bordering Carroll 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
Haralson CountyGeorgia26 mi33,066
Douglas CountyGeorgia21 mi154,293
Heard CountyGeorgia16 mi12,149
Coweta CountyGeorgia15 mi160,240
Cleburne CountyAlabama12 mi15,970
Paulding CountyGeorgia8.1 mi190,996
Fulton CountyGeorgia7.0 mi1,098,791
Randolph CountyAlabama3.8 mi23,163

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.