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Effingham County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 34 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13103

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

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Population
74,397
+9,217 (+14.1%) since 2020
Land area
478.9
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
155
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Springfield
Seat of county government.
Established
1777
248 years ago
Largest city
Rincon city
Population 11,726.

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 Effingham 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 Effingham 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 603 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 Effingham 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
Population74,39734th of 159758th of 3,144
Land area478.9 sq mi31st of 1592,158th of 3,144
Population density155 per sq mi46th of 159682nd of 3,144
Median household income$88,43815th of 159341st of 3,143

Full data for Effingham County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population74,397Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202065,180Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?64,789Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area478.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area482.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?155 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$88,438American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$276,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,287American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,943American 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
+235
816 births, 581 deaths
Net migration
+812
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 Effingham 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
Jasper CountySouth Carolina40 mi38,533
Bulloch CountyGeorgia31 mi86,949
Chatham CountyGeorgia18 mi311,855
Bryan CountyGeorgia18 mi52,062
Screven CountyGeorgia12 mi14,408
Hampton CountySouth Carolina12 mi18,174

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.