Demographics of Ben Hill County, Georgia

Ben Hill County, Georgia had 17,099 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −67 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Ben Hill County, in four figures

17,099
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.4%
Change since July 2020: −67 people.; 38.7 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $41,758 ±$3,419
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Ben Hill County, Georgia's population shrank 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Ben Hill County, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Ben Hill County, Georgia's population shrank 0.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Ben Hill County, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	17,166	100.0	100.0
2021	17,133	99.8	100.2
2022	17,063	99.4	100.7
2023	17,160	100.0	101.6
2024	17,033	99.2	102.5
2025	17,099	99.6	103.1

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Population of Ben Hill County, Georgia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	17,166	−26	−14	0	−15
2021	17,133	−33	−121	+4	+69
2022	17,063	−70	−82	+5	+19
2023	17,160	+97	−39	+19	+114
2024	17,033	−127	−11	+36	−148
2025	17,099	+66	−11	+17	+58

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.7 ±1.1: for men 38.9 ±1.6 and for women 38.6 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Ben Hill County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	1,028 ±165	6.0% ±1.0	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,151 ±411	18.4% ±2.4	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,263 ±282	7.4% ±1.6	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,237 ±428	24.8% ±2.5	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	4,334 ±349	25.4% ±2.0	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,076 ±308	18.0% ±1.8	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $41,758 ±$3,419, and income per person $23,130 ±$1,470, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,353 ±$407 in Georgia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Ben Hill County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	1,914 ±345	27.0% ±4.8	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,148 ±433	30.3% ±6.0	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,183 ±293	16.7% ±4.1	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	856 ±194	12.1% ±2.7	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	558 ±149	7.9% ±2.1	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	323 ±128	4.6% ±1.8	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	21 to 179	0.3% to 2.5%	11.9% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Ben Hill County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	4,207 ±790	25.2% ±4.7	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,241 ±356	30.3% ±7.7	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,140 ±413	25.1% ±4.5	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	826 ±200	20.1% ±4.5	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Ben Hill County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Ben Hill County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	8,141 ±19	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	87.0% ±3.3	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	13.0% ±3.3	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.3% ±3.8	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.7% ±4.5	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$112,700 ±$11,010	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$688 ±$50	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±4	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Ben Hill County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,162 ±0	6.8% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,100 ±80	53.3% ±0.5	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	6,485 ±105	37.9% ±0.6	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2 to 146	< 0.1% to 0.9%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 73	0% to 0.4%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 127	0% to 0.7%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	184 ±90	1.1% ±0.5	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Ben Hill County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	13,535 ±404	79.2% ±2.4	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,902 ±385	17.0% ±2.3	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	76 to 292	0.4% to 1.7%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	468 ±168	2.7% ±1.0	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	28 to 166	0.2% to 1.0%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	371 ±147	2.2% ±0.9	5.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Ben Hill County among the counties of Georgia

104th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Ben Hill County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Brantley County	18,936	+4.9%
Berrien County	18,932	+4.3%
Cook County	18,232	+5.8%
Rabun County	17,764	+5.0%
Jasper County	17,632	+20.2%
Ben Hill County	17,099	−0.4%
Oglethorpe County	16,415	+10.4%
Dade County	16,154	−0.5%
Brooks County	16,101	−1.0%
Jeff Davis County	15,219	+2.8%
Jefferson County	15,011	−4.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 104 Counties by population in Georgia
No. 131 Counties by population growth in Georgia

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026