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Fannin County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 76 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13111

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

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Population
26,111
+660 (+2.6%) since 2020
Land area
387.1
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
67.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blue Ridge
Seat of county government.
Established
1854
171 years ago
Largest city
Blue Ridge city
Population 1,297.

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 Fannin 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 Fannin 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 719 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 Fannin 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
Population26,11176th of 1591,580th of 3,144
Land area387.1 sq mi63rd of 1592,578th of 3,144
Population density67.5 per sq mi82nd of 1591,207th of 3,144
Median household income$57,07384th of 1592,323rd of 3,143

Full data for Fannin County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,111Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,451Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,331Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area387.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area392.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?67.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,073American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$306,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age54.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,890American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,490American 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
-257
192 births, 449 deaths
Net migration
+410
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 7 areas bordering Fannin 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
Gilmer CountyGeorgia39 mi33,894
Union CountyGeorgia34 mi27,859
Polk CountyTennessee17 mi18,592
Cherokee CountyNorth Carolina11 mi30,830
Murray CountyGeorgia9.3 mi41,607
Lumpkin CountyGeorgia3.6 mi36,178
Dawson CountyGeorgia1.2 mi35,365

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.