County Maps US

Clay County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 155 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13061

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

Download SVGFull Georgia map downloads

Population
2,815
-15 (-0.5%) since 2020
Land area
195.4
square miles. A further 10.1% of the total area is water
Population density
14.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fort Gaines
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Fort Gaines city
Population 970.

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 Clay 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 Clay 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 791 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 Clay 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
Population2,815155th of 1592,969th of 3,144
Land area195.4 sq mi141st of 1593,004th of 3,144
Population density14.4 per sq mi152nd of 1592,413th of 3,144
Median household income$49,147130th of 1592,821st of 3,143

Full data for Clay County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,815Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,830Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,846Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area195.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area217.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,147American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$94,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,231American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,981American 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
-16
25 births, 41 deaths
Net migration
+38
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 6 areas bordering Clay 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
Randolph CountyGeorgia21 mi6,156
Henry CountyAlabama21 mi18,394
Early CountyGeorgia17 mi10,455
Calhoun CountyGeorgia13 mi5,413
Quitman CountyGeorgia12 mi2,254
Barbour CountyAlabama1.7 mi24,607

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

Open the interactive Georgia county map, or jump straight to any of them.

Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.