| County: | Pierce County |
| State: | Georgia |
| Founded Date: | December 18 |
| Seat Wl: | Blackshear |
| Largest City Wl: | Blackshear |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 343 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 316 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 27 |
| Area Percentage: | 7.8% |
| Census Yr: | 2020 |
| Pop: | 19716 |
| Density Sq Mi: | 62 |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
| District: | 1st |
| Web: | https://piercecountyga.gov/ |
| Ex Image: | Pierce County Courthouse, Blackshear, GA, US.jpg |
| Ex Image Cap: | Pierce County Courthouse in Blackshear |
Pierce County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,716.[1] The county seat is Blackshear.[2]
Pierce County is part of the Waycross, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Pierce County is named for Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States. It was created December 18, 1857, from Appling and Ware counties.[3]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (7.8%) is water.[4]
The northeastern third of Pierce County, bordered by a line from just west of Mershon to just south of Bristol, then south to just north of Blackshear, and then heading due east, is located in the Little Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys River-Satilla River basin. The southern two-thirds of the county is located in the Satilla River sub-basin of the St. Marys-Satilla River basin.[5]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 16,403 | 83.2% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,597 | 8.1% | |
| Native American | 41 | 0.21% | |
| Asian | 82 | 0.42% | |
| Other/Mixed | 595 | 3.02% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 998 | 5.06% |