| County: | Worth County |
| State: | Georgia |
| Founded Date: | December 20 |
| Seat Wl: | Sylvester |
| Largest City Wl: | Sylvester |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 575 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 571 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 4.1 |
| Area Percentage: | 0.7% |
| Census Yr: | 2020 |
| Pop: | 20784 |
| Density Sq Mi: | 36 |
| Time Zone: | Eastern |
| District: | 8th |
| Web: | http://worthcountyboc.com/ |
| Ex Image: | Worth County Courthouse, (east face).JPG |
| Ex Image Cap: | Worth County courthouse in Sylvester |
Worth County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,784.[1] The county seat is Sylvester.[2] Worth County is included in the Albany, GA metropolitan statistical area.
Worth County was created from Dooly and Irwin counties on December 20, 1853, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, becoming Georgia's 106th county. It was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York.[3] In 1905, portions of Worth County were used to create Tift and Turner counties.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of, of which is land and (0.7%) is water.[4]
The eastern third of Worth County, from west of State Route 33 heading east, is located in the Little River sub-basin of the Suwannee River basin. The northern third of the county is located in the Middle Flint River sub-basin of the ACF River Basin (Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin). A narrow portion of the western edge of Worth County is located in the Lower Flint River sub-basin of the same ACF River basin. Finally, a portion of the southwest of the county, north of Doerun, is located in the Upper Ochlockonee River sub-basin of the larger Ochlockonee River basin.[5]
| White (non-Hispanic) | 14,427 | 69.41% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 5,255 | 25.28% | |
| Native American | 49 | 0.24% | |
| Asian | 87 | 0.42% | |
| Pacific Islander | 8 | 0.04% | |
| Other/Mixed | 577 | 2.78% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 1.83% |