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Toombs County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 73 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13279

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

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Population
27,545
+465 (+1.7%) since 2020
Land area
364
square miles. A further 1.9% of the total area is water
Population density
75.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Lyons
Seat of county government.
Established
1905
120 years ago
Largest city
Vidalia city
Population 10,749 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 Toombs 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 Toombs 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 498 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 Toombs 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
Population27,54573rd of 1591,527th of 3,144
Land area364 sq mi70th of 1592,644th of 3,144
Population density75.7 per sq mi76th of 1591,126th of 3,144
Median household income$52,621111th of 1592,623rd of 3,143

Full data for Toombs County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,545Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202027,080Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?27,024Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area364 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area371 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?75.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$52,621American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$137,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age37.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households10,409American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,103American 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
+37
372 births, 335 deaths
Net migration
+2
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 Toombs 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
Tattnall CountyGeorgia34 mi24,376
Montgomery CountyGeorgia27 mi8,635
Appling CountyGeorgia21 mi19,100
Emanuel CountyGeorgia14 mi23,147
Jeff Davis CountyGeorgia3.3 mi15,219
Treutlen CountyGeorgia33 ft6,466
Candler CountyGeorgiaa single point11,275

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.