Pike County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 90 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13231

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

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Population
20,932
+1,984 (+10.5%) since 2020
Land area
216.1
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
96.9
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Zebulon
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Zebulon city
Population 1,358.

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 Pike 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 Pike 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 792 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 Pike 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
Population20,93290th of 1591,778th of 3,144
Land area216.1 sq mi132nd of 1592,972nd of 3,144
Population density96.9 per sq mi60th of 159938th of 3,144
Median household income$86,71917th of 159380th of 3,143

Full data for Pike County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population20,932Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202018,948Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?18,888Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area216.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area219.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?96.9 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$86,719American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$305,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households6,721American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units7,377American 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
-13
205 births, 218 deaths
Net migration
+161
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 4 areas bordering Pike 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
Meriwether CountyGeorgia20 mi21,516
Upson CountyGeorgia19 mi28,500
Spalding CountyGeorgia17 mi70,775
Lamar CountyGeorgia15 mi20,941

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.