People QuickFacts Forsyth County Georgia Population, 2012 estimate 187,928 9,919,945 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 175,511 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 7.1% 2.4% Population, 2010 175,511 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 7.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 29.9% 25.4% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 9.3% 11.0% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.3% 51.1%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 88.1% 63.2% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 3.3% 31.0% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 0.5% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.7% 3.4% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.4% 1.8% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 9.6% 9.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 79.3% 55.5%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.5% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 13.2% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 17.6% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 90.6% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 42.8% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 9,744 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 29.7 27.0  Housing units, 2011 64,864 4,102,992 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 86.7% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 4.0% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $274,200 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 55,465 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.07 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $35,277 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $88,262 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.6% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts Forsyth County Georgia Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 5,060 217,099 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 55,589 3,315,274 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 87.3 -4.8 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 15,572 771,155  Total number of firms, 2007 19,448 901,105 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.9% 20.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.5% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.3% 5.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.4% 3.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 27.5% 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 2,318,605 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,503,452 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,960,919 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $12,382 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 183,104 16,976,235 Building permits, 2011 1,174 18,493     Geography QuickFacts Forsyth County Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 224.02 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 783.5 168.4 FIPS Code 117 13 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts