Tattnall County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 80 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13267

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

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Population
24,376
+48 (+0.2%) since 2020
Land area
480.8
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
50.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Reidsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1801
224 years ago
Largest city
Glennville city
Population 5,023.

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 Tattnall 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 Tattnall 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 620 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 Tattnall 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
Population24,37680th of 1591,642nd of 3,144
Land area480.8 sq mi30th of 1592,153rd of 3,144
Population density50.7 per sq mi94th of 1591,456th of 3,144
Median household income$50,747122nd of 1592,730th of 3,143

Full data for Tattnall County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population24,376Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,328Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area480.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area488.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?50.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,747American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$140,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households7,630American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units9,405American 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
+8
279 births, 271 deaths
Net migration
-23
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 8 areas bordering Tattnall 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
Toombs CountyGeorgia34 mi27,545
Evans CountyGeorgia27 mi11,028
Long CountyGeorgia24 mi21,557
Appling CountyGeorgia18 mi19,100
Candler CountyGeorgia12 mi11,275
Wayne CountyGeorgia8.1 mi32,481
Liberty CountyGeorgia4.4 mi70,313
Emanuel CountyGeorgiaa single point23,147

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.