Demographics of Heard County, Georgia

Heard County, Georgia had 12,149 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +704 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.

Heard County, in four figures

12,149
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +6.2%
Change since July 2020: +704 people.; 41.1 ±1.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $65,868 ±$12,936
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.

Heard County, Georgia's population grew 6.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Heard 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).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Heard County, Georgia's population grew 6.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Heard 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	11,445	100.0	100.0
2021	11,504	100.5	100.2
2022	11,699	102.2	100.7
2023	12,015	105.0	101.6
2024	12,114	105.8	102.5
2025	12,149	106.2	103.1

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Population of Heard 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	11,445	+35	−12	0	+48
2021	11,504	+59	−49	0	+103
2022	11,699	+195	−70	0	+259
2023	12,015	+316	−47	0	+357
2024	12,114	+99	−31	0	+132
2025	12,149	+35	−31	−2	+67

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.1 ±1.3: for men 41.3 ±1.0 and for women 40.8 ±2.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Heard County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	598 ±62	5.1% ±0.5	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,118 ±190	18.0% ±1.6	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	922 ±211	7.8% ±1.8	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,751 ±181	23.4% ±1.5	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,307 ±261	28.1% ±2.2	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,077 ±260	17.6% ±2.2	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $65,868 ±$12,936, and income per person $34,343 ±$3,947, 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 Heard County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	865 ±229	20.1% ±5.3	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	994 ±232	23.1% ±5.3	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	550 ±166	12.8% ±3.8	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	513 ±150	11.9% ±3.5	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	833 ±155	19.3% ±3.5	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	268 ±76	6.2% ±1.7	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	286 ±106	6.6% ±2.4	11.9% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

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 Heard County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	2,082 ±481	17.9% ±4.1	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	654 ±195	24.4% ±6.8	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	994 ±315	16.4% ±5.1	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	434 ±156	15.0% ±5.2	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Heard County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Heard County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	4,818 ±26	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.4% ±3.5	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.6% ±3.4	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	72.3% ±4.1	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	27.7% ±5.1	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$186,800 ±$18,750	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$917 ±$70	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1985 ±2	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 Heard County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	328 ±0	2.8% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,934 ±23	84.4% ±0.2	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	913 ±219	7.8% ±1.9	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1 to 105	< 0.1% to 0.9%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 23	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 7	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to 0.1%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	538 ±222	4.6% ±1.9	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 Heard County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	8,951 ±429	76.0% ±3.6	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,675 ±419	22.7% ±3.6	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	24 to 114	0.2% to 1.0%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	22 to 134	0.2% to 1.1%	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	12 to 112	0.1% to 1.0%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 37	0% to 0.3%	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%.

Heard County among the counties of Georgia

115th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Heard County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Candler County	11,275	+2.2%
Telfair County	11,195	−10.1%
Dooly County	11,156	−0.1%

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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

Data retrieved September 25, 2026