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Telfair County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 119 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13271

Within Georgia
Telfair County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data.

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Population
11,195
-1,254 (-10.1%) since 2020
Land area
437.3
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
25.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
McRae
Seat of county government.
Established
1807
218 years ago
Largest city
McRae-Helena city
Population 5,443 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Telfair 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 Telfair 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 653 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 Telfair 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
Population11,195119th of 1592,333rd of 3,144
Land area437.3 sq mi45th of 1592,316th of 3,144
Population density25.6 per sq mi131st of 1592,047th of 3,144
Median household income$50,929121st of 1592,719th of 3,143

Full data for Telfair County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population11,195Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,449Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,471Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area437.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area6.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area444 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?25.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$50,929American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.2American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households3,351American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units4,705American 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
-27
131 births, 158 deaths
Net migration
+100
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 6 areas bordering Telfair 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
Wheeler CountyGeorgia31 mi7,570
Dodge CountyGeorgia26 mi19,663
Jeff Davis CountyGeorgia22 mi15,219
Coffee CountyGeorgia20 mi44,407
Ben Hill CountyGeorgia19 mi17,099
Wilcox CountyGeorgia7.1 mi8,797

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.