Southwest Georgia

Southwest Georgia
Region
Ray Charles Plaza, Albany
Southwest Georgia highlighted in purple
Location of Georgia within the United States
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Largest cities	Albany Thomasville Moultrie Bainbridge Cairo
Population  (2020)
• Total	352,426
Demonym	Southwest Georgian
Website	georgia.org/regions/southwest-georgia

Southwest Georgia is a fourteen-county region in the U.S. state of Georgia,^[1] bordering Alabama and Florida. Colloquially referred to as SOWEGA, the region is anchored by Albany—its most populous city and the region's sole metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 United States census, Southwest Georgia's population was 352,426. Largest cities in the region: Albany (pop. 69,102), Thomasville (pop. 18,868), Moultrie (pop. 14,629), Bainbridge (pop. 14,445), Cairo (pop. 10,169).