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Columbia County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 15 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13073

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

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Population
169,189
+12,329 (+7.9%) since 2020
Land area
290.2
square miles. A further 5.7% of the total area is water
Population density
583
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Appling
Seat of county government.
Established
1790
235 years ago
Largest city
Grovetown city
Population 17,939.

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 Columbia 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 Columbia 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 799 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 Columbia 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
Population169,18915th of 159418th of 3,144
Land area290.2 sq mi101st of 1592,822nd of 3,144
Population density583 per sq mi19th of 159250th of 3,144
Median household income$95,5929th of 159215th of 3,143

Full data for Columbia County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population169,189Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020156,860Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?156,019Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area290.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area17.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area307.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?583 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$95,592American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$305,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households55,149American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units61,668American 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
+497
1,664 births, 1,167 deaths
Net migration
+1,422
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 Columbia 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
McDuffie CountyGeorgia29 mi21,640
Richmond CountyGeorgia20 mi206,559
Lincoln CountyGeorgia19 mi8,112
McCormick CountySouth Carolina10 mi10,215
Edgefield CountySouth Carolina6.5 mi29,808

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.