Southeast Georgia

Southeast Georgia
Region
Valdosta Commercial Historic District
Southeast Georgia highlighted in red
Location of Georgia within the United States
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Largest cities	Valdosta Tifton Waycross Douglas Fitzgerald
Population  (2020)
• Total	416,498
Demonym	Southeast Georgian
Website	georgia.org/regions/southeast-georgia

Southeast Georgia is an eighteen-county region within the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering Florida.^[1] The region includes a portion of Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain. Southeast Georgia's largest city is Valdosta, which forms the core of the Valdosta metropolitan area. The region's largest county by population is Lowndes County, of which Valdosta is the county seat. The region had a total resident population of 416,498 in 2020. Largest cities in the region: Valdosta (pop. 55,415), Tifton (pop. 17,102), Waycross (pop. 13,921), Douglas (pop. 11,701), Fitzgerald (pop. 9,000).