Georgia counties › Clayton County
Clayton County, Georgia
County seat: Jonesboro
297,471population
143 sq miland area
1858established
—people per sq mi
Pulse budget dashboards
Clayton County Pulse — county dashboardFY2025 adopted budget & FY2024 ACFR — verified figures
City of Jonesboro Pulse — city dashboardFY2026 approved budget & FY2022 ACFR — verified figures
Official websites
Clayton County — official sitewww.claytoncountyga.gov
Jonesboro (county seat) — official sitejonesboroga.com
Official links last verified October 23, 2026 — each address was opened and confirmed to be the government it names.
Sources
- Population & density: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division — QuickFacts: Georgia (current population estimates), as compiled in Wikipedia, List of counties in Georgia.
- Land area: National Association of Counties, as compiled in the same list.
- County seat & year established: Wikipedia, List of counties in Georgia.
- Official websites: recorded from Wikipedia/Wikidata and content-verified October 23, 2026.
- Page accent: county-seat city colors from the logo on its official website — recorded October 2026.
Reference: Clayton County on Wikipedia