According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 395 square miles (1,020km2), of which 391 square miles (1,010km2) is land and 3.4 square miles (8.8km2) (0.9%) is water.[4]
The county straddles the fall line of the Eastern U.S., and thus northern areas of the county are hillier compared to southern areas of the county. The Fall Line Freeway runs across the southern portion of the county, following Georgia State Route 96 from Geneva to Junction City. The far northern portion of the county is part of the Pine Mountain Range, with elevations in this areas exceeding 1,000ft on the highest peaks of the mountains.
Talbot County, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,733 and 1,849 families residing in the county.[24] The median age was 51.4 years, with 16.6% of residents under the age of 18 and 26.0% of residents aged 65 or older.[24]
For every 100 females there were 91.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.2 males age 18 and over.[25] 0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[24]
There were 2,524 households in the county, of which 22.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 34.0% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 32.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[25]
There were 3,042 housing units, of which 17.0% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 79.1% were owner-occupied and 20.9% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.5%.[25]
Education
The Talbot County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one building with 48 full-time teachers and 792 students.[27] The district headquarters is in Talbotton.[28]
Politics
As of the 2020s, Talbot County is a fairly safe Democratic voting county, voting 56% for Kamala Harris in 2024. Like most majority-African-American counties in Georgia, Talbot is a reliably Democratic county. Between 1880 and 2020, Talbot County has only voted Republican three times, although it also voted for American Independent segregationist George Wallace in 1968. Donald Trump's 39.50% in 2020 was the best performance for a Republican since Nixon in the 1972 presidential election. In 2024, Trump furthered increased his vote share to almost 44% of the vote.
