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Plan flags long-term population decline in Chattahoochee County and NFBA
Summary
The Comprehensive Plan documents multi‑decade population loss countywide and sharper decline in the Non‑Fort Benning Area, with projections showing continued modest decline through 2030; plan authors separate NFBA data to avoid Fort Benning skew.
The Comprehensive Plan reports that Chattahoochee County’s population decreased from 16,934 in 1990 to 9,181 in 2023 and highlights a 46% decrease since 1990 in the county’s population figures when Fort Benning is aggregated. The plan separates the Non‑Fort Benning Area (NFBA, Census Tract 201) in its analysis because Fort Benning personnel substantially change aggregate statistics.
The plan includes population projections that show a continued modest decline: a projected county population of 8,460 in 2025 and 8,006 in 2030. The document also notes age‑cohort shifts including a roughly 30% decline in the 0–19 age group countywide and notable reductions in the 35–64 cohort between 2010 and 2023, trends the plan links to workforce and service‑delivery implications.
The plan frames the NFBA as particularly affected: the NFBA population fell from about 3,016 in 2010 to 1,776 in 2023 (approximately a 41% decline). The plan uses U.S. Census and state Office of Planning and Budget figures in its projections.
