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Pierce County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 91 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13229

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

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Population
20,764
+1,015 (+5.1%) since 2020
Land area
340.5
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
61.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blackshear
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Blackshear city
Population 3,680.

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 Pierce 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 Pierce 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 732 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 Pierce 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
Population20,76491st of 1591,789th of 3,144
Land area340.5 sq mi82nd of 1592,710th of 3,144
Population density61.0 per sq mi85th of 1591,292nd of 3,144
Median household income$60,51766th of 1592,041st of 3,143

Full data for Pierce County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,764Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202019,749Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?19,713Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area340.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area2.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area343.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?61.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$60,517American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$153,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,605American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,543American 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
219 births, 259 deaths
Net migration
+212
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 Pierce 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
Brantley CountyGeorgia45 mi18,936
Ware CountyGeorgia24 mi36,906
Bacon CountyGeorgia19 mi11,070
Wayne CountyGeorgia15 mi32,481
Appling CountyGeorgia7.3 mi19,100

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.