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Fulton County, Georgia
453,834 Black residents · 42.5% of the county · ranked 1 of 159 in Georgia by Black population
In Fulton County, Georgia, the 2020 Census counted 1.1 million people, 453,834 of them Black alone. At 42.5%, Fulton County's Black share stands against the state's 31.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 1,066,710 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 453,834 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.5% |
| Rank by Black population among Georgia counties | 1 of 159 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
In 2010 Fulton County counted 405,575 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 453,834. The population grew by 11.9% across the decade, and the Black share in Fulton County moved from 44.1% to 42.5%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Fulton County is one of 159 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in Georgia. Together they hold the state's 3.3 million Black residents, and Fulton County's 453,834 of them give it rank 1 of 159 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Fulton County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Fulton County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Fulton County page holds the frame around them — 1.1 million people in all, 453,834 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.