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The proliferation of counties in Georgia led to multiple state constitutional amendments attempting to limit the number of counties. The most recent such amendment, ratified in 1945, limited the number to 159 counties, although there had been 161 counties from 1924 to 1931.
According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1] Georgia is divided into 159 counties and contains 535 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, consolidated city-counties, and ...
The map to the right shows the county boundaries for all 159 counties in Georgia. 149 of the 159 counties in the state are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners [5] while the other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner. All commissioners are elected by the voters of their county for terms that range ...
English: This is a locator map showing Towns County in Georgia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Election day 2024 map: How all 159 Georgia counties voted compared to 2020. Gannett. Maya Homan, USA TODAY. November 12, 2024 at 5:10 AM.
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Georgia consists of 159 counties, second only to Texas, with 254. [153] Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931, when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton. Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history, and many bear names with Native American origin.
An enlargeable map of the 3,143 counties and county equivalents located in the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as of 2020. The 100 county equivalents in the U.S. territories are not on this map. There are 3,244 counties and county equivalents in the United States.