Demographics of Lincoln County, Georgia

Lincoln County, Georgia had 8,112 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +410 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.

Lincoln County, in four figures

8,112
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +5.3%
Change since July 2020: +410 people.; 48.1 ±1.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $56,907 ±$4,505
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.

Lincoln County, Georgia's population grew 5.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lincoln 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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Lincoln County, Georgia's population grew 5.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lincoln 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	7,702	100.0	100.0
2021	7,752	100.6	100.2
2022	7,876	102.3	100.7
2023	7,884	102.4	101.6
2024	8,025	104.2	102.5
2025	8,112	105.3	103.1

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Population of Lincoln 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	7,702	+13	−11	0	+27
2021	7,752	+50	−51	0	+100
2022	7,876	+124	−25	+3	+143
2023	7,884	+8	−43	+4	+48
2024	8,025	+141	−39	+12	+165
2025	8,112	+87	−40	+10	+117

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 48.1 ±1.2: for men 47.9 ±2.5 and for women 48.5 ±2.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lincoln County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	300 ±109	3.8% ±1.4	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,172 ±201	14.9% ±2.6	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	562 ±190	7.2% ±2.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,530 ±270	19.5% ±3.4	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,266 ±230	28.9% ±2.9	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,024 ±263	25.8% ±3.3	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $56,907 ±$4,505, and income per person $29,291 ±$2,009, 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 Lincoln County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	529 ±181	17.7% ±5.9	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	756 ±220	25.2% ±7.2	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	591 ±144	19.7% ±4.6	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	245 ±88	8.2% ±2.9	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	585 ±159	19.5% ±5.2	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	178 ±66	5.9% ±2.2	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	51 to 175	1.7% 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 Lincoln County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	1,329 ±437	17.0% ±5.6	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	454 ±172	31.2% ±10.5	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	527 ±259	14.5% ±7.0	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	348 ±116	12.8% ±4.1	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lincoln County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lincoln County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	4,529 ±20	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	66.2% ±3.9	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	33.8% ±3.9	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.6% ±4.1	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.4% ±5.0	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$165,900 ±$32,495	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$786 ±$74	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±3	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 Lincoln County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	114 ±0	1.5% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,360 ±40	68.2% ±0.5	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,139 ±119	27.2% ±1.5	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.4%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 43	0% to 0.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	96 to 332	1.2% to 4.2%	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 Lincoln County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	5,690 ±268	72.4% ±3.4	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,890 ±262	24.1% ±3.3	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	9 to 73	0.1% to 0.9%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	115 to 351	1.5% to 4.5%	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	26 to 120	0.3% to 1.5%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	54 to 266	0.7% to 3.4%	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%.

Lincoln County among the counties of Georgia

139th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Lincoln County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Terrell County	8,656	−5.3%
Wilkinson County	8,650	−2.1%
Montgomery County	8,635	+0.8%
Chattahoochee County	8,465	−10.6%
Atkinson County	8,454	+1.8%
Lincoln County	8,112	+5.3%
Taylor County	7,818	> −0.1%
Marion County	7,676	+2.0%
Twiggs County	7,597	−5.1%
Wheeler County	7,570	+1.7%
Clinch County	6,847	+1.8%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 58 Counties by population growth in Georgia
No. 139 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