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Gilmer County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 59 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13123

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

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Population
33,894
+2,474 (+7.9%) since 2020
Land area
426.2
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
79.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Ellijay
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Ellijay city
Population 2,008.

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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer 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 665 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 Gilmer 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
Population33,89459th of 1591,345th of 3,144
Land area426.2 sq mi50th of 1592,383rd of 3,144
Population density79.5 per sq mi75th of 1591,086th of 3,144
Median household income$74,49937th of 159870th of 3,143

Full data for Gilmer County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population33,894Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202031,420Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?31,343Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area426.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area430.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$74,499American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$314,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age50.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,015American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units18,507American 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
-72
348 births, 420 deaths
Net migration
+477
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 Gilmer 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
Fannin CountyGeorgia39 mi26,111
Murray CountyGeorgia24 mi41,607
Pickens CountyGeorgia24 mi37,167
Dawson CountyGeorgia14 mi35,365
Gordon CountyGeorgia2.4 mi61,701

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.