| | Population, April 1, 1990 | Population, April 1, 2000 | Numeric Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Percent Population Change, 1990 to 2000 | Land Area (square miles), 2000 | Persons Per Square Mile, 1990 | Persons Per Square Mile, 2000 |
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| United States | 248,709,873 | 281,421,906 | 32,712,033 | 13.2% | 3,537,438.4 | 70.3 | 79.6 |
| Appalachian Region | 21,727,579 | 23,642,578 | 1,914,999 | 8.8% | 204,812.1 | 106.1 | 115.4 |
| Georgia | 6,478,216 | 8,186,453 | 1,708,237 | 26.4% | 57,906.1 | 111.9 | 141.4 |
| Appalachian Georgia | 1,546,691 | 2,207,531 | 660,840 | 42.7% | 11,421.1 | 135.4 | 193.3 |
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| County |
| Banks | 10,308 | 14,422 | 4,114 | 39.9% | 233.7 | 44.1 | 61.7 |
| Barrow | 29,721 | 46,144 | 16,423 | 55.3% | 162.2 | 183.2 | 284.5 |
| Bartow | 55,911 | 76,019 | 20,108 | 36.0% | 459.4 | 121.6 | 165.5 |
| Carroll | 71,422 | 87,268 | 15,846 | 22.2% | 498.9 | 143.0 | 174.9 |
| Catoosa | 42,464 | 53,282 | 10,818 | 25.5% | 162.2 | 261.8 | 328.4 |
| Chattooga | 22,242 | 25,470 | 3,228 | 14.5% | 313.3 | 70.9 | 81.3 |
| Cherokee | 90,204 | 141,903 | 51,699 | 57.3% | 423.7 | 212.9 | 334.9 |
| Dade | 13,147 | 15,154 | 2,007 | 15.3% | 174.0 | 75.6 | 87.1 |
| Dawson | 9,429 | 15,999 | 6,570 | 69.7% | 211.0 | 44.7 | 75.8 |
| Douglas | 71,120 | 92,174 | 21,054 | 29.6% | 199.3 | 356.8 | 462.5 |
| Elbert | 18,949 | 20,511 | 1,562 | 8.2% | 368.8 | 51.4 | 55.6 |
| Fannin | 15,992 | 19,798 | 3,806 | 23.8% | 385.7 | 41.5 | 51.3 |
| Floyd | 81,251 | 90,565 | 9,314 | 11.5% | 513.1 | 158.3 | 176.5 |
| Forsyth | 44,083 | 98,407 | 54,324 | 123.2% | 225.8 | 195.2 | 435.8 |
| Franklin | 16,650 | 20,285 | 3,635 | 21.8% | 263.3 | 63.2 | 77.0 |
| Gilmer | 13,368 | 23,456 | 10,088 | 75.5% | 426.7 | 31.3 | 55.0 |
| Gordon | 35,072 | 44,104 | 9,032 | 25.8% | 355.5 | 98.7 | 124.0 |
| Gwinnett | 352,910 | 588,448 | 235,538 | 66.7% | 432.7 | 815.2 | 1,359.9 |
| Habersham | 27,621 | 35,902 | 8,281 | 30.0% | 278.2 | 99.3 | 129.1 |
| Hall | 95,428 | 139,277 | 43,849 | 45.9% | 393.7 | 242.4 | 353.8 |
| Haralson | 21,966 | 25,690 | 3,724 | 17.0% | 282.1 | 77.8 | 91.1 |
| Hart | 19,712 | 22,997 | 3,285 | 16.7% | 232.2 | 84.9 | 99.0 |
| Heard | 8,628 | 11,012 | 2,384 | 27.6% | 296.0 | 29.1 | 37.2 |
| Jackson | 30,005 | 41,589 | 11,584 | 38.6% | 342.4 | 87.6 | 121.5 |
| Lumpkin | 14,573 | 21,016 | 6,443 | 44.2% | 284.5 | 51.2 | 73.9 |
| Madison | 21,050 | 25,730 | 4,680 | 22.2% | 283.9 | 74.0 | 90.6 |
| Murray | 26,147 | 36,506 | 10,359 | 39.6% | 344.4 | 75.9 | 106.0 |
| Paulding | 41,611 | 81,678 | 40,067 | 96.3% | 313.4 | 132.7 | 260.6 |
| Pickens | 14,432 | 22,983 | 8,551 | 59.3% | 232.1 | 62.2 | 99.0 |
| Polk | 33,815 | 38,127 | 4,312 | 12.8% | 311.1 | 108.7 | 122.5 |
| Rabun | 11,648 | 15,050 | 3,402 | 29.2% | 371.0 | 31.4 | 40.6 |
| Stephens | 23,257 | 25,435 | 2,178 | 9.4% | 179.3 | 129.7 | 141.9 |
| Towns | 6,754 | 9,319 | 2,565 | 38.0% | 166.7 | 40.6 | 55.9 |
| Union | 11,993 | 17,289 | 5,296 | 44.2% | 322.5 | 37.2 | 53.6 |
| Walker | 58,340 | 61,053 | 2,713 | 4.7% | 446.6 | 130.7 | 136.7 |
| White | 13,006 | 19,944 | 6,938 | 53.3% | 241.6 | 53.8 | 82.6 |
| Whitfield | 72,462 | 83,525 | 11,063 | 15.3% | 290.0 | 249.9 | 288.0 |
