Linyi County is under the jurisdiction of Dezhou City, Shandong Province, adjacent to Shanghe County, Jinan City in the east, Yucheng County, Pingyuan County and Lingcheng District in the west, facing Qihe County across the Tuhe River in the south, bounded by Maji River and Laling City in the north, 50 km away from Dezhou in the west, 60 km away from Jinan in the south, 300 km away from Beijing and 200 km away from Tianjin in the north, East of Binzhou Wharf 100 kilometers, Qingdao wharf 300 kilometers, located in Bohai economic circle, Yellow River delta and "Beijing-Kowloon" economic development belt.

According to the seventh census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Linyi County was 473,421.

Linyi County covers an area of 1016 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 8 towns, 1 township, 3 subdistricts and 1 provincial-level economic development zone. In 2016, Linyi County began to remove counties and set up cities.

On December 29, 2018, Linyi County was named by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission as the sixth batch of demonstration area (unit) for the creation of National unity and progress.

In 2019, the GDP of Linyi County reached 27.104 billion yuan, an increase of 7% over the previous year based on comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 2.947 billion yuan, down 0.1%; The added value of the secondary industry was 12.53 billion yuan, up by 7.4%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 11.627 billion yuan, up by 9.0%. The structure of the three industries was adjusted from 13.4:45.6:41.0 in 2018 to 10.9:46.2:42.9. The primary industry decreased by 2.5 percentage points, the secondary industry increased by 0.6 percentage points, and the tertiary industry increased by 1.9 percentage points. GDP growth in the four quarters was 8.1%, 7.7%, 7.3%, and 7.0%, respectively