Demographics of Charlton County, Georgia

Charlton County, Georgia had 13,121 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +594 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.

Charlton County, in four figures

13,121
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +4.7%
Change since July 2020: +594 people.; 37.1 ±2.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $61,276 ±$14,832
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.

Charlton County, Georgia's population grew 4.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Charlton 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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Charlton County, Georgia's population grew 4.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Charlton 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	12,527	100.0	100.0
2021	12,838	102.5	100.2
2022	12,842	102.5	100.7
2023	12,983	103.6	101.6
2024	13,032	104.0	102.5
2025	13,121	104.7	103.1

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Population of Charlton 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	12,527	+16	−16	0	+31
2021	12,838	+311	−59	+5	+383
2022	12,842	+4	−66	+1	+73
2023	12,983	+141	−25	−4	+166
2024	13,032	+49	−35	−6	+87
2025	13,121	+89	−31	−9	+130

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.1 ±2.0: for men 33.9 ±1.4 and for women 41.6 ±3.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Charlton County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	488 ±138	3.8% ±1.1	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,057 ±264	16.0% ±2.1	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,011 ±403	15.7% ±3.1	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,246 ±457	25.3% ±3.6	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,185 ±353	24.8% ±2.8	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,831 ±227	14.3% ±1.8	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $61,276 ±$14,832, and income per person $26,867 ±$2,893, 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 Charlton County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	1,149 ±317	27.3% ±7.5	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	734 ±210	17.4% ±4.9	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	625 ±197	14.8% ±4.6	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	632 ±196	15.0% ±4.6	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	573 ±169	13.6% ±4.0	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	351 ±164	8.3% ±3.9	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	57 to 245	1.4% to 5.8%	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 Charlton County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	2,202 ±527	18.1% ±4.3	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	621 ±153	25.0% ±5.3	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,205 ±397	17.3% ±5.5	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	376 ±144	13.8% ±5.1	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Charlton County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Charlton County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	4,755 ±41	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.6% ±3.3	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.4% ±3.2	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	80.1% ±4.6	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	19.9% ±4.9	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$142,800 ±$34,655	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$154 to $926	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1987 ±3	1992 ±1	1980 ±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%.

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 Charlton County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,980 ±0	15.4% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,969 ±54	54.4% ±0.4	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	3,183 ±137	24.8% ±1.1	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	135 ±20	1.1% ±0.2	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	5 to 85	< 0.1% to 0.7%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	506 ±165	3.9% ±1.3	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 Charlton County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	6,184 ±635	48.2% ±5.0	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,224 ±610	48.6% ±4.8	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 136	0% to 1.1%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	130 to 558	1.0% to 4.4%	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	29 to 439	0.2% to 3.4%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	18 to 202	0.1% to 1.6%	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%.

Charlton County among the counties of Georgia

112th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Charlton County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Brooks County	16,101	−1.0%
Jeff Davis County	15,219	+2.8%
Jefferson County	15,011	−4.2%
Screven County	14,408	+2.4%
Towns County	13,285	+5.8%
Charlton County	13,121	+4.7%
Bleckley County	12,866	+2.8%
Crawford County	12,206	+0.9%
Heard County	12,149	+6.2%
McIntosh County	11,989	+9.2%
Macon County	11,756	−2.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 65 Counties by population growth in Georgia
No. 112 Counties by population 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