1,090,354 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.0% since 2020)
527 square miles of land · 2,070 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
11 active community water systems list Fulton County in the area they serve, reporting 1,636,505 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ATLANTA surface water · local government · GA1210001 | 1,089,893 served |
| NORTH FULTON COUNTY buys surface water · local government · GA1210005 | 434,517 served |
| EAST POINT surface water · local government · GA1210003 | 33,712 served |
| COLLEGE PARK buys surface water · local government · GA1210002 | 20,382 served |
| UNION CITY buys surface water · local government · GA1210010 | 18,636 served |
| ROSWELL surface water · local government · GA1210009 | 14,300 served |
| FAIRBURN buys surface water · local government · GA1210004 | 14,000 served |
| HAPEVILLE buys surface water · local government · GA1210006 | 5,790 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 0 people were held in Fulton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 3,111.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Fulton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $1.5 billion — $1.4 billion to run schools, about $15,186 per student, plus $99.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.1 billion local (mostly property tax), $456 million state, $165.9 million federal.
Spent $1.2 billion — $1.2 billion to run schools, about $23,101 per student, plus $68.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $968.2 million local (mostly property tax), $214.3 million state, $171.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $85.9 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively High compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Fulton County about $234.6 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
775 bridges in Fulton County: 510 in good condition, 258 fair, and 7 poor (0.9%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PIEDMONT ROAD over PEACHTREE CREEK · built 1960 | 44,100 vehicles a day |
| PEACHTREE STREET over CSX RAILROAD · built 1914 | 37,600 vehicles a day |
| MARIETTA BLVD. over CSX RAILROAD- SOU. RR. · built 1953 | 13,200 vehicles a day |
| WESTVIEW DRIVE over M-9131- WHITE STREET · built 1965 | 2,760 vehicles a day |
| MARIETTA ROAD over CSX RR YARD (TILFORD) · built 1971 | 2,047 vehicles a day |
| LOTUS AVE. over PROCTOR CREEK TRIB · built 1925 | 2,047 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $5 billion of work in Fulton County in fiscal 2025, about $4,708 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Georgia are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Fulton County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Fulton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Cobb County (12 mi) · DeKalb County (14 mi) · Clayton County (17 mi) · Douglas County (18 mi) · Paulding County (25 mi) · Fayette County (26 mi).