Here’s How Georgia's Population Changed Between 2016 And 2017

ATLANTA, GA — A majority of 2017’s fastest growing cities in the United States are in the South and seven of the country’s 15 fastest-growing cities are in Texas, according to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.

The Census also released a list of the 15 cities with the largest population gains and a majority of those cities were also in the south. The population estimates released Thursday are for cities, boroughs, villages towns and townships and are current as of July 1, 2017.

Georgia’s population as of July 1, 2017 is 10,429,379, according to the Census, up from 10,313,620 a year earlier. That’s an increase of about 115,000 to the state’s population between 2016 and 2017 and a growth rate of 1.12 percent. The state’s growth rate was almost double the nation’s growth rate of 0.7 percent.

Here’s how the population changed in Georgia counties between 2016 and 2017:

• Bartow County: 2016 population, 103,431; 2017 population,105,054
• Cherokee County: 2016 population, 241,600; 2017 population, 247,573
• Cobb County: 2016 population, 750,477; 2017 population, 755,754
• DeKalb County: 2016 population, 746,690; 2017 population, 753,253
• Forsyth County: 2016 population, 220,067; 2017 population, 227,967
• Fulton County: 2016 population, 1,024,248; 2017 population, 1,041,423
• Gwinnett County: 2016 population, 907,101; 2017 population, 920,260
• Paulding County: 2016 population, 155,374; 2017 population, 159,445
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area: 2016 population, 5,795,723; 2017 population, 5,884,736

The Census also released new information on housing units. According to the Census, the nation’s housing stock grew by more than 1 million between 2016 and 2017, reaching over 137 million units. The growth rate of 0.8 percent was slower than the 1.4 percent growth rate a decade ago, between 2006 and 2007.

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