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Lincoln County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 139 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13181

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

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Population
8,112
+410 (+5.3%) since 2020
Land area
210.4
square miles. A further 18.2% of the total area is water
Population density
38.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lincolnton
Seat of county government.
Established
1796
229 years ago
Largest city
Lincolnton city
Population 1,433.

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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 785 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 Lincoln 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
Population8,112139th of 1592,564th of 3,144
Land area210.4 sq mi135th of 1592,982nd of 3,144
Population density38.6 per sq mi110th of 1591,704th of 3,144
Median household income$56,90785th of 1592,336th of 3,143

Full data for Lincoln County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,112Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20207,702Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?7,689Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area210.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area46.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area257.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$56,907American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$165,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,997American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,529American 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
-40
78 births, 118 deaths
Net migration
+127
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 5 areas bordering Lincoln 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
Wilkes CountyGeorgia31 mi9,540
McCormick CountySouth Carolina30 mi10,215
Columbia CountyGeorgia19 mi169,189
Elbert CountyGeorgia6.5 mi20,072
McDuffie CountyGeorgia4.9 mi21,640

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.