Georgia population & migration
The Peach State, by the people.
Georgia gained more than half a million residents in the last decade, driven by domestic in-migration to metro Atlanta and the I-85 corridor. Components-of-change, county-level growth, and peer-state benchmarks below — all from the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program.
Georgia resident population
Annual estimates as of July 1 each year. The 2020 base line is the April-1 Census count; subsequent years are the Census PEP's official mid-year estimates.
Components of population change
For each year, this stacks the three forces that move Georgia's population: natural change (births minus deaths), net domestic migration (movers from other states), and net international migration (arrivals from abroad). Bars above the zero line add residents; below the line are net losses.
County population
All 159 GA counties. Hover for population. Use the dropdown to switch between latest-year population, cumulative growth, and net migration.
Top 10 most populous counties
10 least populous counties
Southeast peer comparison
Cumulative population growth since 2020 for GA and six Southeast peers (FL, NC, SC, TN, TX, AL). Florida and Texas are the regional growth giants; Georgia consistently ranks in the top half.
Age structure (pyramid)
Male and female populations by 10-year age band. Bars to the left are male; right are female. Georgia skews younger than the U.S. average — driven by Atlanta's metro pull on working-age adults.
Race and ethnicity composition
Population by race (top bar) and Hispanic / Non-Hispanic origin (second bar). Race and origin are reported separately by the Census Bureau — a person of any race can be Hispanic or Non-Hispanic.