The graph below ranks each Georgia County by total residents according to the 2006 census estimates.
Georgia total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Fulton |  960,009 |
| Gwinnett | 757,104 |
| DeKalb | 723,602 |
| Cobb | 679,325 |
| Clayton | 271,240 |
| Chatham | 241,411 |
| Cherokee | 195,327 |
| Augusta - Richmond | 194,398 |
| Muscogee | 188,660 |
| Henry | 178,033 |
| Hall | 173,256 |
| Bibb | 154,903 |
| Forsyth | 150,968 |
| Houston | 127,530 |
| Paulding | 121,530 |
| Douglas | 119,557 |
| Coweta | 115,291 |
| Athens - Clarke | 112,787 |
| Carroll | 107,325 |
| Columbia | 106,887 |
| Fayette | 106,671 |
| Lowndes | 97,844 |
| Floyd | 95,322 |
| Dougherty | 94,773 |
| Whitfield | 92,999 |
| Newton | 91,451 |
| Bartow | 91,266 |
| Rockdale | 80,332 |
| Walton | 79,388 |
| Glynn | 73,630 |
| Walker | 64,606 |
| Barrow | 63,702 |
| Troup | 63,245 |
| Bulloch | 63,207 |
| Liberty | 62,571 |
| Spalding | 62,185 |
| Catoosa | 62,016 |
| Jackson | 55,778 |
| Gordon | 51,419 |
| Effingham | 48,954 |
| Laurens | 47,316 |
| Baldwin | 45,275 |
| Thomas | 45,135 |
| Camden | 45,118 |
| Colquitt | 44,821 |
| Tift | 41,685 |
| Murray | 41,398 |
| Habersham | 41,112 |
| Polk | 41,091 |
| Coffee | 40,242 |
| Ware | 35,748 |
| Lee | 32,495 |
| Sumter | 32,490 |
| Oconee | 30,858 |
| Bryan | 29,648 |
| Pickens | 29,640 |
| Wayne | 28,895 |
| Harris | 28,785 |
| Decatur | 28,665 |
| Haralson | 28,616 |
| Gilmer | 28,175 |
| Madison | 27,837 |
| Upson | 27,676 |
| Toombs | 27,623 |
| Jones | 26,973 |
| Chattooga | 26,442 |
| Lumpkin | 25,462 |
| Stephens | 25,143 |
| Grady | 25,082 |
| Peach | 24,785 |
| White | 24,738 |
| Monroe | 24,443 |
| Hart | 24,276 |
| Mitchell | 23,852 |
| Butts | 23,561 |
| Tattnall | 23,492 |
| Burke | 22,986 |
| Meriwether | 22,881 |
| Emanuel | 22,600 |
| Fannin | 22,319 |
| Crisp | 22,051 |
| Worth | 21,938 |
| McDuffie | 21,917 |
| Franklin | 21,691 |
| Elbert | 20,768 |
| Washington | 20,723 |
| Union | 20,652 |
| Dawson | 20,643 |
| Putnam | 19,930 |
| Dodge | 19,700 |
| Morgan | 17,908 |
| Appling | 17,860 |
| Ben Hill | 17,635 |
| Pierce | 17,452 |
| Pike | 16,801 |
| Jefferson | 16,768 |
| Berrien | 16,756 |
| Lamar | 16,679 |
| Brooks | 16,464 |
| Banks | 16,445 |
| Rabun | 16,354 |
| Cook | 16,333 |
| Dade | 16,233 |
| Brantley | 15,735 |
| Greene | 15,534 |
| Screven | 15,190 |
| Chattahoochee | 14,041 |
| Oglethorpe | 13,997 |
| Macon | 13,817 |
| Jasper | 13,624 |
| Jeff Davis | 13,278 |
| Telfair | 13,268 |
| Crawford | 12,823 |
| Bleckley | 12,353 |
| Early | 12,065 |
| Dooly | 11,748 |
| Heard | 11,472 |
| Long | 11,452 |
| Evans | 11,425 |
| McIntosh | 11,248 |
| Charlton | 10,882 |
| Candler | 10,674 |
| Terrell | 10,657 |
| Towns | 10,525 |
| Bacon | 10,482 |
| Wilkes | 10,468 |
| Irwin | 10,403 |
| Twiggs | 10,184 |
| Wilkinson | 9,995 |
| Pulaski | 9,887 |
| Hancock | 9,677 |
| Johnson | 9,626 |
| Turner | 9,322 |
| Seminole | 9,168 |
| Montgomery | 9,067 |
| Taylor | 8,792 |
| Jenkins | 8,725 |
| Wilcox | 8,712 |
| Lincoln | 8,257 |
| Atkinson | 8,047 |
| Lanier | 7,723 |
| Randolph | 7,357 |
| Marion | 7,276 |
| Wheeler | 6,908 |
| Clinch | 6,897 |
| Treutlen | 6,852 |
| Talbot | 6,605 |
| Miller | 6,239 |
| Calhoun | 6,094 |
| Warren | 5,949 |
| Stewart | 4,754 |
| Echols | 4,274 |
| Schley | 4,198 |
| Baker | 4,098 |
| Clay | 3,180 |
| Glascock | 2,720 |
| Quitman | 2,486 |
| Webster | 2,252 |
| Taliaferro | 1,877 |