Demographics of Telfair County, Georgia

Telfair County, Georgia had 11,195 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,254 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.

Telfair County, in four figures

11,195
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −10.1%
Change since July 2020: −1,254 people.; 43.2 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $50,929 ±$10,351
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.

Telfair County, Georgia's population shrank 10.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Telfair 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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Telfair County, Georgia's population shrank 10.1% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Telfair 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	12,449	100.0	100.0
2021	12,326	99.0	100.2
2022	12,438	99.9	100.7
2023	10,965	88.1	101.6
2024	11,123	89.3	102.5
2025	11,195	89.9	103.1

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Population of Telfair 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	12,449	−22	−24	0	−3
2021	12,326	−123	−94	+19	−54
2022	12,438	+112	−50	+32	+125
2023	10,965	−1,473	−23	+16	−1,526
2024	11,123	+158	−25	−5	+184
2025	11,195	+72	−27	−8	+108

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.2 ±1.0: for men 39.9 ±2.6 and for women 46.1 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Telfair County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	481 ±101	4.1% ±0.9	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,426 ±206	12.1% ±1.7	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,239 ±453	10.5% ±3.8	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,451 ±383	29.2% ±3.2	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,992 ±393	25.3% ±3.3	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,242 ±272	19.0% ±2.3	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $50,929 ±$10,351, and income per person $20,994 ±$4,782, 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 Telfair County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	1,107 ±239	33.0% ±6.8	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	541 ±166	16.1% ±4.9	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	862 ±223	25.7% ±6.4	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	352 ±123	10.5% ±3.6	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	227 ±79	6.8% ±2.3	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	205 ±81	6.1% ±2.4	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	19 to 95	0.6% to 2.8%	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 Telfair County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	2,306 ±525	24.1% ±5.4	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	593 ±187	32.2% ±8.9	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	897 ±306	18.0% ±5.9	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	816 ±212	29.7% ±6.9	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Telfair County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Telfair County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	4,705 ±124	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	71.2% ±4.0	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	28.8% ±4.1	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.9% ±6.5	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.1% ±6.9	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$113,300 ±$25,740	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$712 ±$102	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±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 Telfair County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,776 ±0	15.0% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,716 ±22	48.3% ±0.2	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,196 ±67	35.5% ±0.6	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to 0.3%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 8	0% to 0.1%	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	60 to 188	0.5% to 1.6%	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 Telfair County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	8,879 ±397	75.0% ±3.4	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,139 ±514	18.1% ±4.3	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	5 to 111	< 0.1% to 0.9%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	755 ±304	6.4% ±2.6	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	13 to 225	0.1% to 1.9%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	317 to 955	2.7% to 8.1%	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%.

Telfair County among the counties of Georgia

119th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Telfair County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Bacon County	11,070	−0.4%
Evans County	11,028	+2.2%
Lanier County	10,623	+7.1%
Early County	10,455	−3.1%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 119 Counties by population in Georgia
No. 157 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