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Stewart County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 151 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13259

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

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Population
4,631
-664 (-12.5%) since 2020
Land area
458.8
square miles. A further 1.0% of the total area is water
Population density
10.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lumpkin
Seat of county government.
Established
1830
195 years ago
Largest city
Richland city
Population 1,394.

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 Stewart 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 Stewart 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 689 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 Stewart 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
Population4,631151st of 1592,844th of 3,144
Land area458.8 sq mi36th of 1592,231st of 3,144
Population density10.1 per sq mi155th of 1592,560th of 3,144
Median household income$33,250158th of 1593,127th of 3,143

Full data for Stewart County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population4,631Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,295Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,313Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area458.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area463.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?10.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$33,250American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$65,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,771American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units2,105American 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
-36
39 births, 75 deaths
Net migration
+30
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 Stewart 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
Webster CountyGeorgia27 mi2,369
Russell CountyAlabama19 mi58,898
Quitman CountyGeorgia17 mi2,254
Randolph CountyGeorgia17 mi6,156
Chattahoochee CountyGeorgia17 mi8,465
Barbour CountyAlabama6.0 mi24,607
Marion CountyGeorgia0.6 mi7,676

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.