Jasper County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 103 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13159

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

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Population
17,632
+2,961 (+20.2%) since 2020
Land area
368.4
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
47.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Monticello
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Monticello city
Population 3,040.

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 Jasper 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 Jasper 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 584 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 Jasper 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
Population17,632103rd of 1591,954th of 3,144
Land area368.4 sq mi68th of 1592,634th of 3,144
Population density47.9 per sq mi98th of 1591,516th of 3,144
Median household income$60,13468th of 1592,071st of 3,143

Full data for Jasper County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,599Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area368.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area373.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?47.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,134American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$243,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,965American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,572American 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
+6
188 births, 182 deaths
Net migration
+436
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 Jasper 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
Newton CountyGeorgia24 mi125,583
Putnam CountyGeorgia18 mi23,722
Butts CountyGeorgia18 mi27,218
Jones CountyGeorgia16 mi29,171
Morgan CountyGeorgia11 mi22,095
Monroe CountyGeorgia3.7 mi32,023

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.