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Wilcox County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 132 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13315

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

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Population
8,797
+10 (+0.1%) since 2020
Land area
377.8
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
23.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Abbeville
Seat of county government.
Established
1857
168 years ago
Largest city
Abbeville city
Population 2,819.

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 Wilcox 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 Wilcox 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 644 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 Wilcox 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
Population8,797132nd of 1592,511th of 3,144
Land area377.8 sq mi64th of 1592,610th of 3,144
Population density23.3 per sq mi136th of 1592,112th of 3,144
Median household income$54,13897th of 1592,524th of 3,143

Full data for Wilcox County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population8,797Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20208,787Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?8,767Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area377.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area382.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?23.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$54,138American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$87,600American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households2,614American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units3,462American 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
-50
72 births, 122 deaths
Net migration
-45
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Wilcox 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
Dodge CountyGeorgia31 mi19,663
Pulaski CountyGeorgia21 mi10,172
Ben Hill CountyGeorgia18 mi17,099
Crisp CountyGeorgia12 mi19,237
Turner CountyGeorgia8.6 mi8,983
Telfair CountyGeorgia7.1 mi11,195
Dooly CountyGeorgia6.2 mi11,156

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.