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Charlton County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 112 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13049

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

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Population
13,121
+594 (+4.7%) since 2020
Land area
780.1
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
16.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Folkston
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Folkston city
Population 4,767.

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 Charlton 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 Charlton 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 538 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 Charlton 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
Population13,121112th of 1592,219th of 3,144
Land area780.1 sq mi5th of 1591,110th of 3,144
Population density16.8 per sq mi149th of 1592,339th of 3,144
Median household income$61,27662nd of 1591,956th of 3,143

Full data for Charlton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,121Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,527Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,511Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area780.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area782.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?16.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,276American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$142,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households4,215American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,755American 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
-31
132 births, 163 deaths
Net migration
+121
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 Charlton 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
Ware CountyGeorgia63 mi36,906
Nassau CountyFlorida62 mi106,879
Baker CountyFlorida32 mi29,737
Camden CountyGeorgia26 mi60,143
Brantley CountyGeorgia15 mi18,936

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.