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Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area Demographics

Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is the 216th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 215,415 residents across 1,025 square miles. That is about 210 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 215,415
Land area 1,025 sq mi
Density 210 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Clarke 128,671 119.2 1,079
Oconee County, GA 41,799 184.3 227
Madison County, GA 30,120 282.3 107
Oglethorpe County 14,825 439.1 34

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