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Union County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 71 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13291

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

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Population
27,859
+3,051 (+12.3%) since 2020
Land area
323.6
square miles. A further 2.1% of the total area is water
Population density
86.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Blairsville
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Blairsville city
Population 878.

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 Union 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 Union 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 760 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 Union 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
Population27,85971st of 1591,515th of 3,144
Land area323.6 sq mi91st of 1592,754th of 3,144
Population density86.1 per sq mi67th of 1591,027th of 3,144
Median household income$66,17654th of 1591,516th of 3,143

Full data for Union County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population27,859Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202024,808Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?24,632Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area323.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area330.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?86.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,176American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$307,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age55.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,490American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,164American 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
-246
164 births, 410 deaths
Net migration
+499
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 Union 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
Fannin CountyGeorgia34 mi26,111
Lumpkin CountyGeorgia27 mi36,178
Towns CountyGeorgia24 mi13,285
White CountyGeorgia8.4 mi29,802
Cherokee CountyNorth Carolina7.1 mi30,830
Clay CountyNorth Carolina3.9 mi12,239

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.