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Plan shows steady population decline for Chattahoochee County, highlights Fort Benning effect
Summary
The comprehensive-plan update reports county population falling from 11,267 (2010) to 9,181 (2023) and projects continued modest decline through 2050; it stresses that Fort Benning’s military population skews county totals and separates NFBA (Census Tract 201) data for local planning.
The Unified Government of Cusseta–Chattahoochee County comprehensive-plan update documents a long-term population decline: county population dropped from 11,267 in 2010 to 9,181 in 2023 and the Non‑Fort Benning Area (NFBA, Census Tract 201) declined from 3,016 to 1,776 over the same period.
The plan states that Fort Benning’s presence inflates some countywide statistics and therefore presents data split between the full county and the NFBA. Projections in the plan estimate a county population of about 8,460 in 2025 and continuing modest declines through mid‑century, making targeted policies on housing, workforce and infrastructure a priority.
