2024 population: 1,090,354 ( 23,808 from 2020)
Land area: 526.7 square miles
Population density: 2070.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	402,575	36.92%	2.6%
Black:	477,270	43.77%	3.2%
Indian:	1,400	0.13%	5.2%
Asian:	94,371	8.66%	14.6%
2+ races:	23,618	2.17%	13.4%
Hispanic:	91,120	8.36%	5.8%

Total non-White:	687,779	63.08%	5.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	49,607	11.6
Deaths:	33,113	7.8
Net Migration:	-19,352	-4.5
Net Immigration:	26,847	6.3

Change in White population:	-10,884	-1.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,692	3.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,066,546
413,459	38.77%
462,281	43.34%
1,477	0.14%
82,368	7.72%
20,836	1.95%
86,125	8.08%
653,087	61.23%

2010
920,581
376,014	40.85%
400,457	43.50%
1,586	0.17%
51,591	5.60%
15,785	1.71%
72,566	7.88%
544,567	59.15%

2000
816,006
369,997	45.34%
361,018	44.24%
1,148	0.14%
24,896	3.05%
9,292	1.14%
48,056	5.89%
446,009	54.66%

1990
648,951
303,579	46.78%
322,773	49.74%
984	0.15%
8,195	1.26%
n/a
13,420	2.07%
345,372	53.22%

1980
589,904
277,334	47.01%
300,889	51.01%
653	0.11%
2,957	0.50%
n/a
7,545	1.28%
312,570	52.99%

1970
607,592
364,886	60.05%
235,038	38.68%
442	0.07%
804	0.13%
n/a
6,052	1.00%
242,706	39.95%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
116,012	12.6
57,533	6.2
50,859	5.5
33,347	3.6

37,445	4.1
108,520	11.8

Number	Rate
2000's
124,820	15.3
54,888	6.7
1,306	0.2
43,593	5.3

6,017	0.7
98,558	12.1

Number	Rate
1990's
122,761	18.9
61,781	9.5
19,470	3.0
22,753	3.5

66,418	10.2
100,637	15.5

Number	Rate
1980's
105,226	17.8
58,526	9.9
19,468	3.3
n/a

26,245	4.4
32,802	5.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-67,435	-11.1
n/a

-87,552	-14.4
69,864	11.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Fulton County, GA

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.1
224,381	10.4%
1,932,519	89.6%
129,111	6.0%

450,856
2.28

238,879	53.0%
159,202	66.6%
32,073	13.4%
211,977	47.0%

2010
Number	Percent
34.2
219,686	23.9%
700,895	76.1%
83,424	9.1%

376,377
2.36

209,215	55.6%
134,308	64.2%
33,786	16.1%
167,162	44.4%

2000
Number	Percent
32.9
198,989	24.4%
617,017	75.6%
69,623	8.5%

321,266
2.44

187,627	58.4%
122,562	65.3%
31,077	16.6%
133,639	41.6%

1990
Number	Percent
32.1
157,263	24.2%
491,688	75.8%
64,753	10.0%

257,182
2.44

157,216	61.1%
101,062	64.3%
27,797	17.7%
99,966	38.9%

1980
Number	Percent
29.7
159,336	27.0%
430,568	73.0%
61,568	10.4%

225,600
2.53

144,901	64.2%
97,169	67.1%
26,475	18.3%
80,699	35.8%

2022 Housing Data for Fulton County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	25,746	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	16,509	3.7%
$15,000 to $19,999	13,417	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,983	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,027	2.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	13,898	3.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	13,563	3.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	12,820	2.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	13,638	3.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	28,065	6.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	33,416	7.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	57,203	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	39,186	8.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	31,707	7.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	40,945	9.1%
$200,000 or more	83,733	18.6%

Median Household Income	86,267
Per Capita Income	58,314

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	111
Compared to U.S.	106

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	19,484	4.3%
Public Assistance	7,730	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	56,894	12.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	495,969	72.7%
Unemployed	28,620	4.2%
In Armed Forces	1,016	0.1%

Total Labor Force	525,605	77.1%
Not in Labor Force	156,355	22.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	213,080	180,873	54.1%
Non-Profit	14,501	25,443	36.3%
Self-Employed	37,041	26,783	58.0%

Local Government	9,161	17,655	34.2%
State Government	9,197	13,097	41.3%
Federal Government	5,905	7,639	43.6%

Total Private + Self	250,121	207,656	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	38,764	63,834	37.8%
Total	288,885	271,490	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	11.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	145,955	26.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	114,999	20.5%
Professional, Technical	166,287	29.6%
Service Occupations	66,028	11.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	434	0.1%
All others	68,428	12.2%

White Collar		76.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Professional, scientific, technical	94,602	16.8%
Health care and social assistance	56,646	10.1%
Retail trade	51,128	9.1%
Educational services	48,730	8.7%
Accommodation and food services	36,162	6.4%
Transportation and warehousing	35,662	6.3%
Finance and insurance	35,016	6.2%
Manufacturing	33,386	5.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	29,844	5.3%
Information	21,924	3.9%
Construction	21,785	3.9%
Public administration	20,982	3.7%
Other services	20,670	3.7%
Wholesale trade	18,084	3.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	17,638	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	13,896	2.5%
Utilities	2,688	0.5%
Management	1,540	0.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	953	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	361	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	36,259	3.41%
Puerto Rican	8,714	0.82%
Cuban	3,418	0.32%
Dominican	2,507	0.24%

Total Central American	7,957	0.75%
Costa Rican	828	0.08%
Guatemalan	1,362	0.13%
Honduran	2,150	0.20%
Nicaraguan	769	0.07%
Panamanian	1,157	0.11%
Salvadoran	1,691	0.16%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	12,809	1.21%
Argentinean	1,083	0.10%
Bolivian	338	0.03%
Chilean	333	0.03%
Colombian	4,374	0.41%
Ecuadorian	912	0.09%
Paraguayan	48	0.00%
Peruvian	1,485	0.14%
Uruguayan	493	0.05%
Venezuelan	3,653	0.34%
Other South American	90	0.01%

Other Hispanic	5,859	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	40,691	3.83%
Chinese	16,376	1.54%
Korean	8,362	0.79%
Filipino	3,561	0.34%
Vietnamese	3,018	0.28%
Japanese	2,152	0.20%
Taiwanese	923	0.09%
Bangladeshi	482	0.05%
Thai	450	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	838,282	83.5%
Spanish	59,133	5.9%
Other Indo-European	28,430	2.8%
Other Asian	18,069	1.8%
Chinese	13,767	1.4%
Other	12,154	1.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	9,172	0.9%
Korean	7,138	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	5,766	0.6%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	89,237	8.4%
German	69,659	6.6%
Irish	63,444	6.0%
American	47,911	4.5%
Italian	31,136	2.9%
European	19,727	1.9%
French	15,605	1.5%
Scottish	15,498	1.5%
Polish	15,055	1.4%
African	13,717	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	11,920	1.1%
Russian	10,714	1.0%
Jamaican	8,573	0.8%
British	7,510	0.7%
Swedish	5,359	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	989,415	93.2%
Not a citizen	72,529	6.8%

Native	919,158	86.6%
Foreign-born	142,786	13.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
16,738	2.3%	30,007	4.1%	117,584	16.1%	149,457	20.5%	242,267	33.2%	174,601	23.9%
Average years of education: 14.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	16,738	2.3%
9-12 Years	30,007	4.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	117,584	16.1%
Some College	149,457	20.5%
Bach. Degree	242,267	33.2%
Grad Degree	174,601	23.9%
Average years of education: 14.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	339,956	321,323	18,633	5.5%	5.4%
1991	337,707	319,027	18,680	5.5%	5.3%
1992	346,026	321,702	24,324	7.0%	6.6%
1993	354,138	332,059	22,079	6.2%	5.7%
1994	364,905	344,442	20,463	5.6%	5.1%
1995	370,407	350,748	19,659	5.3%	4.8%
1996	382,086	363,145	18,941	5.0%	4.6%
1997	390,797	372,935	17,862	4.6%	4.5%
1998	401,444	385,126	16,318	4.1%	4.2%
1999	405,637	390,650	14,987	3.7%	3.8%

2000	427,776	413,133	14,643	3.4%	3.5%
2001	439,049	420,681	18,368	4.2%	4.1%
2002	444,330	417,818	26,512	6.0%	5.3%
2003	447,523	421,895	25,628	5.7%	5.1%
2004	450,132	425,258	24,874	5.5%	5.1%
2005	458,643	430,141	28,502	6.2%	5.7%
2006	472,562	446,949	25,613	5.4%	5.1%
2007	488,450	462,945	25,505	5.2%	4.9%
2008	495,844	461,289	34,555	7.0%	6.8%
2009	487,473	435,814	51,659	10.6%	10.4%

2010	486,278	434,852	51,426	10.6%	10.7%
2011	497,801	447,564	50,237	10.1%	10.1%
2012	509,382	463,742	45,640	9.0%	9.0%
2013	507,565	466,867	40,698	8.0%	8.1%
2014	508,619	472,618	36,001	7.1%	7.1%
2015	508,815	477,884	30,931	6.1%	6.1%
2016	531,124	502,170	28,954	5.5%	5.4%
2017	553,991	526,963	27,028	4.9%	4.8%
2018	555,178	532,352	22,826	4.1%	4.0%
2019	560,412	540,233	20,179	3.6%	3.5%

2020	557,232	512,593	44,639	8.0%	6.5%
2021	569,596	543,672	25,924	4.6%	3.9%
2022	575,874	557,586	18,288	3.2%	3.0%
2023	584,831	564,799	20,032	3.4%	3.2%
2024	600,762	578,881	21,881	3.6%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	493,587
Median Value	$398,300

Occupied	450,856	91.3%
Vacant	42,731	8.7%

Owned	242,049	53.7%
Rented	208,807	46.3%
Median Rent	$1,529

Single-Family Units	266,661	54.0%
Detached	230,894	46.8%
Attached	35,767	7.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	200,098	40.5%
Mobile Homes	2,715	0.6%

Fulton County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Fulton County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Fulton County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Fulton County, GA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Fulton County, GA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Fulton County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Fulton County, GA