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Mitchell County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 92 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13205

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

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Population
20,467
-1,209 (-5.6%) since 2020
Land area
512.2
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
40.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Camilla
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Camilla city
Population 4,988.

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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell 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 686 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 Mitchell 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
Population20,46792nd of 1591,804th of 3,144
Land area512.2 sq mi21st of 1592,034th of 3,144
Population density40.0 per sq mi107th of 1591,676th of 3,144
Median household income$57,61382nd of 1592,296th of 3,143

Full data for Mitchell County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,467Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202021,676Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?21,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area512.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area513.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?40.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,613American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$106,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,813American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,028American 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
-72
228 births, 300 deaths
Net migration
+195
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 Mitchell 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
Baker CountyGeorgia48 mi2,725
Colquitt CountyGeorgia19 mi47,438
Grady CountyGeorgia15 mi26,590
Dougherty CountyGeorgia8.5 mi82,616
Decatur CountyGeorgia7.8 mi29,432
Worth CountyGeorgia7.5 mi20,059
Thomas CountyGeorgia6.7 mi46,368

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.