East Georgia (region)

East Georgia
Region
Downtown Augusta
East Georgia highlighted in light pink
Location of Georgia within the United States
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
Largest cityAugusta
Population
 (2020)
  Total
479,864
DemonymEast Georgian
Websitegeorgia.org/regions/east-georgia

East Georgia is a thirteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia, bordering South Carolina. North of Coastal and South Georgia as well as the Lower Coastal Plain, part of the region lies in the Fall Line section of the state. The largest county by population in East Georgia is Richmond County, and its most populous city is Augusta, anchoring the Augusta metropolitan statistical area. Tabulating the region's counties, its population as of the 2020 U.S. census was 479,864.