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Jones County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 67 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13169

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

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Population
29,171
+803 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
393.9
square miles. A further 0.4% of the total area is water
Population density
74.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Gray
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Gray city
Population 3,567.

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 Jones 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 Jones 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 725 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 Jones 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
Population29,17167th of 1591,471st of 3,144
Land area393.9 sq mi58th of 1592,556th of 3,144
Population density74.0 per sq mi78th of 1591,141st of 3,144
Median household income$75,50034th of 159812th of 3,143

Full data for Jones County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population29,171Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,368Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,331Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area393.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area395.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?74.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$75,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$194,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,786American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units11,872American 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
-17
271 births, 288 deaths
Net migration
+107
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 Jones 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
Baldwin CountyGeorgia18 mi44,029
Bibb CountyGeorgia17 mi157,556
Monroe CountyGeorgia16 mi32,023
Jasper CountyGeorgia16 mi17,632
Twiggs CountyGeorgia7.2 mi7,597
Putnam CountyGeorgia7.1 mi23,722
Wilkinson CountyGeorgia3.5 mi8,650

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.