| Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its county seat is Atlanta, the state capital (since 1868) and principal city of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2000 census, the population was 816,006. The 2006 Census Estimate placed the population at 960,009. Fulton County is the most populous county in Georgia, and is the center of metro Atlanta and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta metropolitan statistical area. |