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Towns County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 111 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13281

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

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Population
13,285
+733 (+5.8%) since 2020
Land area
166.6
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
79.7
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Hiawassee
Seat of county government.
Established
1856
169 years ago
Largest city
Hiawassee city
Population 1,038.

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 Towns 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 Towns 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 525 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 Towns 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
Population13,285111th of 1592,208th of 3,144
Land area166.6 sq mi151st of 1593,043rd of 3,144
Population density79.7 per sq mi74th of 1591,082nd of 3,144
Median household income$59,13573rd of 1592,159th of 3,143

Full data for Towns County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population13,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202012,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?12,488Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area166.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area5.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area171.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?79.7 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,135American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$316,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age57.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,924American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units8,808American 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
-158
74 births, 232 deaths
Net migration
+274
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 5 areas bordering Towns 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
Union CountyGeorgia24 mi27,859
Clay CountyNorth Carolina22 mi12,239
Rabun CountyGeorgia18 mi17,764
White CountyGeorgia6.3 mi29,802
Habersham CountyGeorgia2.4 mi50,416

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.