Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in Georgia:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			Georgia………...……………………………………………….	8 186 453	9 687 653	1 501 200	18.3
			COUNTY
1	1		Fulton County………………………………………………….	816 006	920 581	104 575	12.8
2	4		Gwinnett County………………………………………………	588 448	805 321	216 873	36.9
3	2		DeKalb County……………………………………………….	665 865	691 893	26 028	3.9
4	3		Cobb County……………………………………………………	607 751	688 078	80 327	13.2
5	6		Chatham County…………………………………………………..	232 048	265 128	33 080	14.3
6	5		Clayton County…………………………………………………………..	236 517	259 424	22 907	9.7
7	10		Cherokee County……………………………………………..	141 903	214 346	72 443	51.1
8	12		Henry County…………………………………………………….	119 341	203 922	84 581	70.9
9	7		Richmond County 2……………………………………………….	199 775	200 549	774	0.4
10	8		Muscogee County 3……………………………………………..	186 291	189 885	3 594	1.9
11	11		Hall County………………………………………………….	139 277	179 684	40 407	29.0
12	15		Forsyth County………………………………………………	98 407	175 511	77 104	78.4
13	9		Bibb County……………………………………………………	153 887	155 547	1 660	1.1
14	25		Paulding County…………………………………………………….	81 678	142 324	60 646	74.3
15	13		Houston County……………………………………………….	110 765	139 900	29 135	26.3
16	17		Douglas County……………………………………………..	92 174	132 403	40 229	43.6
17	22		Coweta County………………………………………………	89 215	127 317	38 102	42.7
18	21		Columbia County…………………………………………………	89 288	124 053	34 765	38.9
19	14		Clarke County 4…………………………………………………	101 489	116 714	15 225	15.0
20	23		Carroll County…………………………………………………	87 268	110 527	23 259	26.7
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		Atlanta city…………………………………………………….	416 474	420 003	3 529	0.8
2	2		Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government 2……..	199 775	200 549	774	0.4
3	3		Columbus city 3……………………………………………………	186 291	189 885	3 594	1.9
4	4		Savannah city…………………………………………………..	131 510	136 286	4 776	3.6
5	5		Athens-Clarke County unified government 4………………………	101 489	116 714	15 225	15.0
6	7		Sandy Springs city 5…………………………………………..	85 781	93 853	8 072	9.4
7	6		Macon city…………………………………………………….	97 255	91 351	- 5 904	-6.1
8	8		Roswell city………………………………………………………	79 334	88 346	9 012	11.4
9	9		Albany city…………………………………………………………..	76 939	77 434	495	0.6
10	X		Johns Creek city 5…………………………………………………..	X	76 728	X	X
11	11		Warner Robins city…………………………………………………..	48 804	66 588	17 784	36.4
12	16		Alpharetta city……………………………………………………	34 854	57 551	22 697	65.1
13	10		Marietta city………………………………………………………….	58 748	56 579	- 2 169	-3.7
14	12		Valdosta city………………………………………………………	43 724	54 518	10 794	24.7
15	13		Smyrna city……………………………………………………..	40 999	51 271	10 272	25.1
16	17		Dunwoody city 5……………………………………………….	32 808	46 267	13 459	41.0
17	15		Rome city………………………………………………………….	34 980	36 303	1 323	3.8
18	18		Peachtree City city…………………………………………………..	31 580	34 364	2 784	8.8
19	22		Gainesville city…………………………………………………….	25 578	33 804	8 226	32.2
20	14		East Point city……………………………………………………………….	39 595	33 712	- 5 883	-14.9
X Not applicable.
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
2 Richmond County and Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government are coextensive.
3 Muscogee County and Columbus city are coextensive.
4 Clarke County and Athens-Clarke County unified government are coextensive.
5 Sandy Springs city, Johns Creek city, and Dunwoody city incorporated after Census 2000.  Sandy Springs city and Dunwoody city were Census Designated Places in 2000.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.