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Forsyth County, Georgia

A county in Georgia, ranked 8 of 159 by population.

CountyFIPS 13117

Within Georgia
Forsyth County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Cumming, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
282,805
+29,928 (+11.8%) since 2020
Land area
224.6
square miles. A further 9.1% of the total area is water
Population density
1,259
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Cumming
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Cumming city
Population 12,494.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Forsyth County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Forsyth County, Georgia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 778 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Forsyth County ranks

Position among the 159 counties of Georgia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn GeorgiaNationally
Population282,8058th of 159259th of 3,144
Land area224.6 sq mi130th of 1592,960th of 3,144
Population density1,259 per sq mi6th of 159127th of 3,144
Median household income$143,7841st of 15910th of 3,143

Full data for Forsyth County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population282,805Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020252,877Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?251,285Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area224.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area22.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area247.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,259 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$143,784American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$550,400American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.7American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households89,030American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units92,575American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+886
2,382 births, 1,496 deaths
Net migration
+3,124
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Forsyth County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Hall CountyGeorgia22 mi226,568
Dawson CountyGeorgia17 mi35,365
Fulton CountyGeorgia17 mi1,098,791
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia10 mi1,018,099
Cherokee CountyGeorgia10 mi299,273

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 159 counties of Georgia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.