Coffee County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 49 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13069

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

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Population
44,407
+1,359 (+3.2%) since 2020
Land area
592.3
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
75.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Douglas
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Douglas city
Population 11,864.

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 Coffee 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 Coffee 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 769 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 Coffee 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
Population44,40749th of 1591,108th of 3,144
Land area592.3 sq mi13th of 1591,654th of 3,144
Population density75.0 per sq mi77th of 1591,132nd of 3,144
Median household income$50,683123rd of 1592,735th of 3,143

Full data for Coffee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population44,407Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202043,048Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?43,089Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area592.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area10.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area602.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?75.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,683American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$128,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households15,349American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units17,495American 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
+115
558 births, 443 deaths
Net migration
+171
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 Coffee 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
Atkinson CountyGeorgia33 mi8,454
Jeff Davis CountyGeorgia22 mi15,219
Irwin CountyGeorgia20 mi9,020
Telfair CountyGeorgia20 mi11,195
Bacon CountyGeorgia16 mi11,070
Ware CountyGeorgia9.1 mi36,906
Ben Hill CountyGeorgia7.4 mi17,099
Berrien CountyGeorgia4.3 mi18,932

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.