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Hall County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 10 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13139

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

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Population
226,568
+23,186 (+11.4%) since 2020
Land area
392.5
square miles. A further 8.4% of the total area is water
Population density
577
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gainesville
Seat of county government.
Established
1818
207 years ago
Largest city
Gainesville city
Population 49,221.

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 Hall 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 Hall 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 721 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 Hall 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
Population226,56810th of 159316th of 3,144
Land area392.5 sq mi60th of 1592,563rd of 3,144
Population density577 per sq mi20th of 159252nd of 3,144
Median household income$80,90124th of 159543rd of 3,143

Full data for Hall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population226,568Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020203,382Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?202,813Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area392.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area36.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area428.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?577 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,901American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$350,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age38.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households73,551American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units80,926American 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
+1,072
2,836 births, 1,764 deaths
Net migration
+1,925
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 9 areas bordering Hall 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
Forsyth CountyGeorgia22 mi282,805
Jackson CountyGeorgia16 mi99,265
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia16 mi1,018,099
Lumpkin CountyGeorgia14 mi36,178
Banks CountyGeorgia13 mi21,273
White CountyGeorgia11 mi29,802
Dawson CountyGeorgia8.6 mi35,365
Habersham CountyGeorgia5.8 mi50,416
Barrow CountyGeorgiaa single point99,773

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.