Chattahoochee County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 137 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13053

Within Georgia
Chattahoochee 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
8,465
-1,003 (-10.6%) since 2020
Land area
248.7
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
34.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cusseta
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government
Population 8,465.

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 Chattahoochee 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 Chattahoochee County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
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Where Chattahoochee 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
Population8,465137th of 1592,543rd of 3,144
Land area248.7 sq mi121st of 1592,917th of 3,144
Population density34.0 per sq mi117th of 1591,814th of 3,144
Median household income$61,04263rd of 1591,988th of 3,143

Full data for Chattahoochee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,465Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20209,468Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?9,568Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area248.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area251.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?34.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$61,042American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$102,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age24.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,866American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,815American 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
+123
159 births, 36 deaths
Net migration
-48
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Chattahoochee 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
Muscogee CountyGeorgia29 mi202,171
Marion CountyGeorgia22 mi7,676
Russell CountyAlabama18 mi58,898
Stewart CountyGeorgia17 mi4,631
Talbot CountyGeorgia4.6 mi5,709

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.