County Maps US

Cook County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 101 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13075

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

Download SVGFull Georgia map downloads

Population
18,232
+994 (+5.8%) since 2020
Land area
228.5
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
79.8
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Adel
Seat of county government.
Established
1918
107 years ago
Largest city
Adel city
Population 5,854.

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 Cook 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 Cook 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 648 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 Cook 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
Population18,232101st of 1591,921st of 3,144
Land area228.5 sq mi129th of 1592,958th of 3,144
Population density79.8 per sq mi73rd of 1591,081st of 3,144
Median household income$53,65199th of 1592,550th of 3,143

Full data for Cook County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population18,232Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202017,238Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?17,232Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area228.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area233.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.8 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$53,651American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$157,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,304American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,486American 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
+23
233 births, 210 deaths
Net migration
+214
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 Cook 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
Berrien CountyGeorgia34 mi18,932
Colquitt CountyGeorgia26 mi47,438
Lowndes CountyGeorgia11 mi122,867
Brooks CountyGeorgia10 mi16,101
Tift CountyGeorgia6.0 mi42,254

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.