Echols County, Georgia
County seat: Statenville · Population 3,685 (2025) · 420 sq mi
Echols County is the 153rd most populous of Georgia's 159 counties, with 3,685 people (2025 estimate). Its county seat is Statenville. 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.
Echols County facts
- County seat
- Statenville
- Population (2025 estimate)
- 3,685 −0.4% since 2020
- Land area
- 420 sq mi 52nd largest of 159
- Water area
- 0 sq mi
- Population density
- 9 per sq mi
- Established
- 1858
- Named after
- Robert Milner Echols American politician, soldier (1798-1847)
- Largest city
- Echols County 3,685
- Median household income
- $59,489
- Cities and towns
- 1
- ZIP codes
- 6
- Time zone
- Eastern
- FIPS code
- 13101
Cities and towns in Echols County
Echols County has 1 incorporated place. Populations count the people living inside Echols County; cities that cross a county line also list the other counties.
| Name | Type | Population 2025 | Also in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echols County | City | 3,685 |
ZIP codes in Echols County
6 ZIP codes reach into Echols County. ZIP codes ignore county lines, so some also cover a neighboring county.
- 31606 also Lowndes County
- 31630 also Clinch County
- 31631 also Clinch, Charlton and Ware counties
- 31636 also Lowndes County
- 31648
- 31649 also Lanier County
Population of Echols County, 2020–2025
Echols County shrank by 16 people (−0.4%) between April 2020 and July 2025: 39 more births than deaths and a net loss of 60 people from migration.
| Year (July 1) | Population |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,716 |
| 2021 | 3,687 |
| 2022 | 3,684 |
| 2023 | 3,712 |
| 2024 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 3,685 |
Neighboring counties
- Clinch County northeast · 6,847 people
- Hamilton County, Florida south · 14,180 people
- Lowndes County west · 122,867 people
- Columbia County, Florida southeast · 74,094 people
- Lanier County northwest · 10,623 people
Printable Echols 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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