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Albany, GA Metro Area

The Albany, GA metro area is made up of 4 counties in Georgia: Dougherty, Lee, Worth, and Terrell, largest first. About 145,510 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 2.3% fewer than in April 2020.

Dougherty County, centralLee County, centralTerrell County, outlyingWorth County, outlyingAlbany
Central Outlying 4 counties in Georgia
Population, July 2025
145,510 2.3% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
4: 2 central, 2 outlying
Land area
1,591 sq mi (4,121 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
Georgia
CBSA code
10500
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Counties in the Albany, GA metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Dougherty CountyCentral82,61656.8%
Lee CountyCentral34,17923.5%
Worth CountyOutlying20,05913.8%
Terrell CountyOutlying8,6565.9%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Albany67,224 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Americus, GA Micro Area34 mi north
  2. Cordele, GA Micro Area35 mi northeast
  3. Moultrie, GA Micro Area36 mi southeast
  4. Tifton, GA Micro Area39 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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