Laurens County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 43 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13175

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

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Population
51,041
+1,498 (+3.0%) since 2020
Land area
807.3
square miles. A further 1.4% of the total area is water
Population density
63.2
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dublin
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
Dublin city
Population 16,565.

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 Laurens 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 Laurens 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 715 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 Laurens 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
Population51,04143rd of 1591,002nd of 3,144
Land area807.3 sq mi4th of 1591,052nd of 3,144
Population density63.2 per sq mi84th of 1591,270th of 3,144
Median household income$55,01093rd of 1592,472nd of 3,143

Full data for Laurens County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population51,041Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202049,543Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?49,576Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area807.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area11.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area818.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.2 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$55,010American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$154,500American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households18,592American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,065American 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
+7
645 births, 638 deaths
Net migration
+449
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 8 areas bordering Laurens 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
Johnson CountyGeorgia28 mi9,310
Dodge CountyGeorgia28 mi19,663
Treutlen CountyGeorgia26 mi6,466
Wilkinson CountyGeorgia18 mi8,650
Wheeler CountyGeorgia14 mi7,570
Bleckley CountyGeorgia12 mi12,866
Emanuel CountyGeorgiaa single point23,147
Twiggs CountyGeorgiaa single point7,597

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.