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... About Fulton County Georgia
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Population- 818,322: White 48.1%,
Black 44.6%, Asian 3.0%, Latino 5.9% , Other
2.6%
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Largest county in Georgia
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Fulton County is 528.7 square miles
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Contains 10 municipalities, including the
City of Atlanta
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Persons with disabilities ages 5 and up:
137,102
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There are an estimated 11,000 homeless
persons in Atlanta
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The county’s unemployment rate is 7.8
percent
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23% of those under the age of 18 live in
poverty
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15% of those 65 and older live in poverty
Our Vision
To Strengthen
People, Families, and Neighborhoods
The Fulton County Human Services Department
provides oversight and direction to the County’s
Human Services Delivery System. This delivery
system is comprised of partnerships with various
community stakeholders that include nonprofit
service providers, private sector, governments,
volunteers, and citizen advocates. In addition,
the Department administers direct services and
programs in an effort to fill service gaps
within the delivery system. The Human Services
Department fulfills this role through the
operation of six programmatic offices:
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