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Fulton County

Georgia · 1,098,791 residents (2025 est.) · 527 sq mi
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Fulton County is a county of 1,076,561 people in Georgia. This is an unusually credentialed place: 58% of adults have a four-year degree. That puts it in the top 2% of US counties for household income. The population is up 32% since 2000. Owners hold 54% of the housing stock. Density works out to 2,044 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.4
US median: 38.9
More educated
58% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 43%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,076,561
+32%since 2000
from 816,006 in 2000
1,098,791 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
2,044 / sq mi
+9%since 2009
from 1,874 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
36.4
+11%since 2000
from 32.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
527 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
606K734K863K991K1.1M19902000201020202024Fulton County
20241.1M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.3%(57,520)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.8%(62,869)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.9%(63,376)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.6%(71,359)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.9%(73,888)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3417.2%(184,869)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.6%(157,653)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.5%(145,283)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.4%(123,010)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 747.7%(83,051)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.7%(39,649)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.3%(14,034)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$95,292
+11%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $47,321 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$63,269
+111%since 2000
from $30,003 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
59.5%
+19.5 ptssince 2009
from 40.0% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
12.3%
−3.4 ptssince 2000
from 15.7% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.523
−1%since 2010
from 0.529 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Other services9.9%
US avg: 6.7%
Information9.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance6.8%
US avg: 5.9%
Public administration6.6%
US avg: 4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical6.3%
US avg: 5.1%
Retail trade5.8%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade3.9%
US avg: 6.9%
Arts, entertainment, food3.9%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.7%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.4%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.2%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$458,800
+43%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $175,800 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,732
+34%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $709 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
54.3%
+2.3 ptssince 2000
from 52.0% in 2000
45.7% rent
Vacancy rate
8.8%
−7.7 ptssince 2009
from 16.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.26 people
−16%since 2009
from 2.68 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
22.3%
−11.1 ptssince 2009
from 33.4% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
48.5%
+1.3 ptssince 2009
from 47.1% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.8
+12%since 2009
from 4.3 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
81
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic45.3%(369,997)
Black44.2%(361,018)
Hispanic / Latino5.9%(48,056)
Asian3%(24,635)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic36.8%(396,329)
Black42.1%(453,703)
Hispanic / Latino8.2%(87,967)
Asian7.8%(83,505)
Other5.1%(55,057)
Diversity Score
84
+8%since 2009
from 77 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
54
−5%since 2020
from 57 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican3.4%(36,193)
South American1.6%(16,952)
Puerto Rican0.9%(9,516)
Colombian0.6%(6,554)
Venezuelan0.4%(4,315)
Cuban0.4%(3,960)
Dominican0.3%(2,904)
Guatemalan0.2%(2,606)
Salvadoran0.2%(2,558)
Honduran0.2%(2,404)
Peruvian0.2%(1,878)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Spaniard0.2%(1,716)
Panamanian0.2%(1,660)
Nicaraguan0.1%(1,290)
Ecuadorian0.1%(1,252)
Argentine0.1%(999)
Bolivian0.1%(914)
Costa Rican0.1%(693)
Chilean0%(454)
Uruguayan0%(225)
Paraguayan0%(166)
Asian origin
Asian Indian3.8%(40,508)
Chinese1.7%(18,011)
Korean0.9%(9,986)
Filipino0.3%(3,549)
Vietnamese0.3%(2,855)
Japanese0.2%(2,281)
Taiwanese0.1%(1,404)
Pakistani0.1%(1,303)
Indonesian0%(393)
Thai0%(377)
Nepalese0%(365)
Cambodian0%(331)
+ 10 more asian origin groups with data
Malaysian0%(218)
Laotian0%(177)
Sri Lankan0%(170)
Uzbek0%(88)
Burmese0%(71)
Hmong0%(69)
Mongolian0%(42)
Kazakh0%(18)
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(258)
Chamorro0%(131)
Chuukese0%(115)
Fijian0%(50)
Guamanian0%(13)
Ancestry
English9.2%(99,513)
German6.7%(72,071)
Irish6.3%(67,610)
American4.7%(50,620)
Italian3%(32,578)
Subsaharan African2.7%(29,389)
West Indian1.9%(20,215)
Scottish1.5%(16,255)
Polish1.5%(15,721)
French1.4%(15,340)
Jamaican1%(10,689)
Russian0.9%(10,177)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Scotch-Irish0.9%(9,903)
Nigerian0.7%(7,366)
Arab0.6%(5,995)
British0.5%(5,640)
Swedish0.5%(5,613)
Dutch0.5%(5,049)
Norwegian0.4%(4,637)
Haitian0.4%(4,587)
Welsh0.4%(4,163)
Brazilian0.4%(4,050)
Iranian0.4%(4,048)
Portuguese0.3%(2,829)
Greek0.3%(2,730)
Ukrainian0.2%(2,682)
Hungarian0.2%(2,340)
Austrian0.2%(2,217)
French Canadian0.2%(2,189)
Danish0.2%(2,183)
Czech0.2%(2,123)
Lithuanian0.2%(2,103)
Ghanaian0.2%(1,985)
Turkish0.2%(1,896)
Lebanese0.2%(1,825)
Ethiopian0.2%(1,686)
Canadian0.2%(1,669)
Guyanese0.1%(1,586)
Swiss0.1%(1,462)
Romanian0.1%(1,094)
Slovak0.1%(1,053)
Finnish0.1%(1,025)
Israeli0.1%(1,008)
Croatian0.1%(807)
Kenyan0.1%(800)
Moroccan0.1%(676)
Belgian0.1%(617)
Syrian0.1%(584)
Armenian0%(513)
Egyptian0%(481)
Barbadian0%(473)
Bulgarian0%(438)
Latvian0%(411)
Serbian0%(357)
Slovene0%(292)
Australian0%(290)
Somali0%(205)
Iraqi0%(188)
Jordanian0%(29)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
58.5%
+17.1 ptssince 2000
from 41.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
93.8%
+9.8 ptssince 2000
from 84.0% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
24.6%
+9.9 ptssince 2000
from 14.7% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.7 min
+40%since 2000
from 19.8 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
56.7%
−15.0 ptssince 2009
from 71.6% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
5.5%
−3.2 ptssince 2009
from 8.7% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.8%
−4.9 ptssince 2009
from 8.7% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
29.1%
+22.7 ptssince 2009
from 6.3% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
2.4%
−0.5 ptssince 2009
from 2.9% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.4%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.4% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
10.0%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 11.8% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
5.4%
−4.4 ptssince 2011
from 9.8% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
69.5%
+0.7 ptssince 2011
from 68.8% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
79.1%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 76.9% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
9.6%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 9.8% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
57.3%
+12.5 ptssince 2009
from 44.8% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.6%
−0.6 ptssince 2009
from 49.2% in 2009
Female
51.4%
+0.6 ptssince 2009
from 50.8% in 2009
Foreign born
14.1%
+2.2 ptssince 2009
from 11.9% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
4.6%
−2.5 ptssince 2009
from 7.1% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
10.3%
+1.5 ptssince 2012
from 8.8% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
9.5%
−8.1 ptssince 2013
from 17.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.5%
+12.6 ptssince 2017
from 80.9% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.3%
+3.0 ptssince 2020
from 94.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
82.7%
+0.5 ptssince 2020
from 82.2% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
82.3%
−1.4 ptssince 2016
from 83.7% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
6.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2016
from 6.7% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married46.3%(198,918)
Married43.4%(186,209)
Widowed1.9%(7,953)
Divorced8.5%(36,416)
Women 15+
Never married43.1%(199,662)
Married38.5%(178,525)
Widowed6.1%(28,304)
Divorced12.3%(56,809)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
9.5%
−8.1 ptssince 2013
from 17.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
60.6%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 60.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.6%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 14.4% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
13.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2020
from 12.7% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
14.9%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 14.8% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.6%
Unchangedsince 2020
from 1.6% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
72.9%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 72.8% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
26.0%
+0.3 ptssince 2020
from 25.7% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)30.7%(11,872)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.3%(10,587)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.6%(9,920)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.1%(1,189)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.8%(299)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 38,728 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Fulton County, Georgia?

Fulton County, Georgia has about 1,076,561 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Fulton County, Georgia?

The typical household in Fulton County, Georgia earns about $95,292 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Fulton County, Georgia expensive?

In Fulton County, Georgia, the median home is worth about $458,800, and the typical rent is about $1,732 a month.

How educated are people in Fulton County, Georgia?

About 58.5% of adults age 25 and over in Fulton County, Georgia hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Fulton County, Georgia?

About 12.3% of people in Fulton County, Georgia live below the federal poverty line.

Has Fulton County, Georgia grown since 1990?

Yes, Fulton County, Georgia has grown since 1990. The population has added about 427,610 residents, a change of about 66 percent over that period.

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