Ben Hill County, Georgia
County seat: Fitzgerald · Population 17,099 (2025) · 250 sq mi
Ben Hill County is the 104th most populous of Georgia's 159 counties, with 17,099 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Fitzgerald. It is part of the Southern Georgia region, one of the 12 Georgia Regional Commissions. The map shows its 1 city or town and the 5 neighboring counties.
Ben Hill County facts
- County seat
- Fitzgerald
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 17,099 −0.5% since 2020
- Land area
- 250 sq mi 118th largest of 159
- Water area
- 4 sq mi
- Population density
- 68 per sq mi
- Established
- 1906
- Named after
- Benjamin Harvey Hill American politician (1823-1882)
- Largest city
- Fitzgerald 8,882 in the county
- Median household income
- $41,758
- Cities and towns
- 1
- ZIP codes
- 4
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 13017
Cities and towns in Ben Hill County
Ben Hill County has 1 incorporated place. Populations count the people living inside Ben Hill County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzgerald (county seat) | City | 8,882 | Irwin County |
ZIP codes in Ben Hill County
4 ZIP codes reach into Ben Hill County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 31079 also Wilcox County
- 31750 also Irwin and Wilcox counties
- 31783 also Turner and Irwin counties
- 31798 also Irwin and Coffee counties
Population of Ben Hill County, 2020–2025
Ben Hill County shrank by 93 people (−0.5%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 278 more deaths than births and a net gain of 178 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 17,166 |
| 2021 | 17,133 |
| 2022 | 17,063 |
| 2023 | 17,160 |
| 2024 | 17,033 |
| 2025 | 17,099 |
Neighboring counties
- Irwin County southwest · 9,020 people
- Telfair County northeast · 11,195 people
- Wilcox County northwest · 8,797 people
- Turner County west · 8,983 people
- Coffee County southeast · 44,407 people
Printable Ben Hill County map
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Sources
- Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files (1:500,000).
- Population: Census Bureau county and city estimates, Vintage 2025. CDP populations: American Community Survey 2020–2024.
- Places and ZIP codes: Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer and 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area relationship files.
- County seat, founding year and name origin: Wikidata (CC0), checked against state sources.
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