Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its National Register listings include Old Chattahoochee County Courthouse and Stewart County Courthouse. Lumpkin has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Lumpkin beats most towns.
Census counts: 765 in 1860, a peak of 2,741 in 2010, 891 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1937 and 2 maps from 1950 on.
18 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lumpkin, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lumpkin.
Lumpkin: 62% of households live in a home they own, where Georgia’s towns sit at 58% and U.S. towns at 73%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For most workers, Lumpkin is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Lumpkin: 13% of residents live below the poverty line, against 15% in Georgia’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Its typical household income comes in at $48,000. Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Lumpkin dropped by 114, to 137.
| Lumpkin | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $63,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 9.1% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 15% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lumpkin’s natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 23 of 100. 37% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 31%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lumpkin after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2018.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For Lumpkin, the typical July afternoon high is 91°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of adults in Lumpkin who worry about having enough food: 36%. Only one of the 262 Georgia towns we compare has a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Lumpkin. 23% of adults in Lumpkin smoke cigarettes; 25% have diabetes. Of 32 CDC measures, Lumpkin beats the Georgia average on 3 and trails it on 22.
| Lumpkin | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 23% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lumpkin | GA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 9.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 84.3% | 77.4% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 8% | 3.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
None within 15 miles of Lumpkin; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Lumpkin residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Georgia.
2,741 counted in 2010 and 891 in 2020; an estimated 896 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
18 places in Lumpkin on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Lumpkin.
City in Georgia, United States
Lumpkin is a city and county seat of Stewart County, Georgia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 891.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Lumpkin has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
3 notable people were born here, including John Wellborn Root and Dorothy Pitman Hughes.
