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Walker County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 38 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13295

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

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Population
70,250
+2,494 (+3.7%) since 2020
Land area
446.3
square miles. A further 0.1% of the total area is water
Population density
157
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
LaFayette
Seat of county government.
Established
1833
192 years ago
Largest city
LaFayette city
Population 7,157.

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 Walker 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 Walker 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 790 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 Walker 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
Population70,25038th of 159794th of 3,144
Land area446.3 sq mi40th of 1592,283rd of 3,144
Population density157 per sq mi44th of 159676th of 3,144
Median household income$59,46971st of 1592,126th of 3,143

Full data for Walker County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population70,250Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202067,756Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?67,665Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area446.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.65 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area446.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?157 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,469American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$197,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households26,355American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,669American 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
-322
577 births, 899 deaths
Net migration
+853
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 8 areas bordering Walker 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
Dade CountyGeorgia28 mi16,154
Chattooga CountyGeorgia25 mi25,300
Catoosa CountyGeorgia22 mi69,628
Whitfield CountyGeorgia17 mi106,212
Hamilton CountyTennessee5.6 mi390,833
Gordon CountyGeorgia3.5 mi61,701
DeKalb CountyAlabama2.5 mi74,085
Floyd CountyGeorgia2.2 mi101,378

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.