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Talbot County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 148 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13263

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

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Population
5,709
-20 (-0.3%) since 2020
Land area
391.4
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
14.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Talbotton
Seat of county government.
Established
1827
198 years ago
Largest city
Talbotton city
Population 731.

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 Talbot 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 Talbot 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 772 by 800 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 Talbot 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
Population5,709148th of 1592,758th of 3,144
Land area391.4 sq mi61st of 1592,569th of 3,144
Population density14.6 per sq mi151st of 1592,407th of 3,144
Median household income$41,597151st of 1593,046th of 3,143

Full data for Talbot County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population5,709Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20205,729Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?5,738Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area391.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area3.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area394.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?14.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,597American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$117,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age51.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,529American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,058American 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
-56
47 births, 103 deaths
Net migration
+12
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 Talbot 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
Upson CountyGeorgia24 mi28,500
Harris CountyGeorgia20 mi37,280
Taylor CountyGeorgia20 mi7,818
Marion CountyGeorgia17 mi7,676
Meriwether CountyGeorgia12 mi21,516
Muscogee CountyGeorgia6.9 mi202,171
Chattahoochee CountyGeorgia4.6 mi8,465

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.