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Muscogee County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 12 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13215

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

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Population
202,171
-4,845 (-2.3%) since 2020
Land area
216.5
square miles. A further 2.0% of the total area is water
Population density
934
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Columbus
Seat of county government.
Established
1825
200 years ago
Largest city
Columbus city
Population 202,171.

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 Muscogee 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 Muscogee 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 566 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 Muscogee 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
Population202,17112th of 159355th of 3,144
Land area216.5 sq mi131st of 1592,971st of 3,144
Population density934 per sq mi8th of 159171st of 3,144
Median household income$58,07381st of 1592,254th of 3,143

Full data for Muscogee County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population202,171Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020207,016Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?206,914Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area216.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area221 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?934 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,073American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$193,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age35.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households81,415American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units92,031American 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
+434
2,583 births, 2,149 deaths
Net migration
-346
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 5 areas bordering Muscogee 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
Chattahoochee CountyGeorgia29 mi8,465
Harris CountyGeorgia24 mi37,280
Russell CountyAlabama13 mi58,898
Lee CountyAlabama9.4 mi189,881
Talbot CountyGeorgia6.9 mi5,709

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.