list of counties in Georgia

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Location: State of Georgia
Populations: Greatest: 1,098,791 ( Fulton ), Least: 1,662 ( Taliaferro ), Average: 71,086 (2025)
Areas: Largest: 908 square miles (2,350 km ) ( Ware ), Smallest: 121 square miles (310 km ) ( Clarke ), Average: 373.7 square miles (968 km )
Government: County government
Subdivisions: Cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census-designated places

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Commons category: Counties of Georgia (U.S. state)

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The U.S. state of Georgia is divided into 159 counties, the second-highest number after Texas, which has 254 counties. Under the Georgia State Constitution, all of its counties are granted home rule to deal with problems that are purely local in nature. Also, eight consolidated city-counties have been established in Georgia: Athens–Clarke County, Augusta–Richmond County, Columbus–Muscogee County, Georgetown–Quitman County, Statenville–Echols County, Macon–Bibb County, Cusseta–Chattahoochee County, and Preston-Webster County.

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