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Fulton County, Georgia

The most populous of Georgia's 159 counties.

CountyFIPS 13121

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

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Population
1,098,791
+29,334 (+2.7%) since 2020
Land area
526.9
square miles. A further 1.5% of the total area is water
Population density
2,086
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Atlanta
Seat of county government.
Established
1853
172 years ago
Largest city
Atlanta city
Population 485,770 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 739 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 Fulton 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
Population1,098,7911st of 15943rd of 3,144
Land area526.9 sq mi17th of 1591,988th of 3,144
Population density2,086 per sq mi5th of 15969th of 3,144
Median household income$95,29211th of 159221st of 3,143

Full data for Fulton County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population1,098,791Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20201,069,457Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?1,066,559Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area526.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area7.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area534.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?2,086 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$95,292American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$458,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households462,481American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units507,119American 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
+4,803
12,501 births, 7,698 deaths
Net migration
+3,406
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 10 areas bordering Fulton 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
Cobb CountyGeorgia33 mi793,345
DeKalb CountyGeorgia27 mi774,394
Douglas CountyGeorgia21 mi154,293
Cherokee CountyGeorgia17 mi299,273
Forsyth CountyGeorgia17 mi282,805
Gwinnett CountyGeorgia16 mi1,018,099
Coweta CountyGeorgia15 mi160,240
Clayton CountyGeorgia14 mi297,471
Fayette CountyGeorgia10 mi125,156
Carroll CountyGeorgia7.0 mi131,036

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

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