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Jeff Davis County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 108 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13161

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

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Population
15,219
+419 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
330.9
square miles. A further 1.3% of the total area is water
Population density
46.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hazlehurst
Seat of county government.
Established
1905
120 years ago
Largest city
Hazlehurst city
Population 4,172.

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 Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis 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 707 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 Jeff Davis 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
Population15,219108th of 1592,080th of 3,144
Land area330.9 sq mi86th of 1592,736th of 3,144
Population density46.0 per sq mi100th of 1591,553rd of 3,144
Median household income$40,283154th of 1593,064th of 3,143

Full data for Jeff Davis County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population15,219Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202014,800Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?14,779Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area330.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area335.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?46.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$40,283American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$118,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,484American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,399American 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
-10
174 births, 184 deaths
Net migration
-53
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Jeff Davis 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
Appling CountyGeorgia26 mi19,100
Coffee CountyGeorgia22 mi44,407
Telfair CountyGeorgia22 mi11,195
Wheeler CountyGeorgia9.1 mi7,570
Bacon CountyGeorgia8.9 mi11,070
Montgomery CountyGeorgia7.2 mi8,635
Toombs CountyGeorgia3.3 mi27,545

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.