Counties

Counties are the scale a state office actually plans at. These are the ones with at least one ZIP area absorbing serious growth, ordered by how many people are projected to arrive over the next five years.

#countyMetroStatePopulationGrowth 5 yr%Projected 5 yr%Growth ZIP areasChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churchesPeople per church
1Gwinnett CountyAtlanta metroGA972,288+69,029+7.6%+75,029+7.7%132244,195
2Rutherford CountyNashville metroTN347,015+44,892+14.9%+58,606+16.9%82173,508
3Williamson CountyNashville metroTN296,236+51,027+20.8%+58,166+19.6%61296,236
4Fulton CountyAtlanta metroGA1,135,044+50,787+4.7%+53,712+4.7%1811103,186
5Henry CountyAtlanta metroGA269,170+32,755+13.9%+38,751+14.4%5833,646
6Knox CountyKnoxville metroTN489,378+33,823+7.4%+38,011+7.8%62519,575
7Cherokee CountyAtlanta metroGA290,153+31,590+12.2%+35,901+12.4%61126,378
8Forsyth CountyAtlanta metroGA191,371+29,352+18.1%+33,604+17.6%3363,790
9Montgomery CountyClarksville metroTN218,950+28,965+15.2%+33,217+15.2%32109,475
10Cobb CountyAtlanta metroGA773,308+28,368+3.8%+28,151+3.6%61551,554
11Wilson CountyNashville metroTN147,587+21,683+17.2%+25,083+17.0%3436,897
12DeKalb CountyAtlanta metroGA822,075+20,921+2.6%+24,914+3.0%71174,734
13Jackson CountyRest of GeorgiaGA97,616+18,857+23.9%+22,924+23.5%40no church
14Hamilton CountyChattanooga metroTN379,119+16,318+4.5%+21,714+5.7%3419,247
15Sumner CountyNashville metroTN187,355+21,392+12.9%+21,644+11.6%2293,678
16Davidson CountyNashville metroTN722,235+20,059+2.9%+20,771+2.9%55144,447
17Paulding CountyAtlanta metroGA128,877+15,768+13.9%+19,260+14.9%31128,877
18Chatham CountySavannah metroGA302,648+11,398+3.9%+18,316+6.1%3650,441
19Houston CountyWarner Robins metroGA159,808+13,625+9.3%+17,682+11.1%3439,952
20Columbia CountyAugusta metroGA168,400+12,124+7.8%+15,834+9.4%3442,100
21Coweta CountyAtlanta metroGA150,213+11,065+8.0%+15,385+10.2%3437,553
22Barrow CountyAtlanta metroGA95,435+13,174+16.0%+14,885+15.6%3247,718
23Bryan CountySavannah metroGA52,243+11,846+29.3%+14,278+27.3%1226,122
24Hall CountyGainesville metroGA203,042+10,194+5.3%+13,938+6.9%2540,608
25Loudon CountyKnoxville metroTN64,727+6,494+11.2%+11,366+17.6%179,247
26Clayton CountyAtlanta metroGA240,282+9,347+4.0%+11,224+4.7%2460,071
27Effingham CountySavannah metroGA62,391+7,953+14.6%+10,383+16.6%2231,196
28Washington CountyJohnson City metroTN145,139+8,063+5.9%+10,141+7.0%2916,127
29Rockdale CountyAtlanta metroGA95,271+6,370+7.2%+9,956+10.5%1331,757
30Bartow CountyAtlanta metroGA108,768+6,005+5.8%+9,874+9.1%3427,192
31Fayette CountyAtlanta metroGA123,523+10,020+8.8%+9,357+7.6%2341,174
32Carroll CountyAtlanta metroGA141,146+5,844+4.3%+9,212+6.5%21014,115
33Maury CountyNashville metroTN82,658+7,829+10.5%+9,079+11.0%1241,329
34Pickens CountyAtlanta metroGA33,534+5,076+17.8%+9,034+26.9%1216,767
35Bulloch CountyRest of GeorgiaGA75,371+7,683+11.4%+8,365+11.1%2418,843
36Clarke CountyAthens metroGA138,156+6,840+5.2%+8,110+5.9%1269,078
37Douglas CountyAtlanta metroGA148,487+4,535+3.2%+7,488+5.0%2721,212
38Putnam CountyRest of TennesseeTN92,407+5,857+6.8%+7,454+8.1%1615,401
39Muscogee CountyColumbus metroGA213,316+7,222+3.5%+6,945+3.3%2453,329
40Newton CountyAtlanta metroGA112,182+7,591+7.3%+6,217+5.5%2256,091
41Dawson CountyAtlanta metroGA34,100+4,396+14.8%+6,143+18.0%1217,050
42Robertson CountyNashville metroTN74,460+5,971+8.7%+5,961+8.0%1174,460
43Liberty CountyHinesville metroGA69,001+4,410+6.8%+5,937+8.6%1323,000
44Fayette CountyMemphis metroTN38,822+4,119+11.9%+5,427+14.0%1138,822
45Walton CountyAtlanta metroGA59,058+6,454+12.3%+5,128+8.7%1229,529
46Camden CountyRest of GeorgiaGA55,883+3,486+6.7%+5,030+9.0%177,983
47Bibb CountyMacon metroGA175,569+3,312+1.9%+5,019+2.9%1821,946
48Coffee CountyRest of TennesseeTN63,368+5,399+9.3%+5,004+7.9%1231,684
49Bradley CountyCleveland metroTN107,228+3,753+3.6%+4,915+4.6%1283,830
50Sevier CountyRest of TennesseeTN103,041+3,435+3.4%+4,681+4.5%1617,174
51Lawrence CountyRest of TennesseeTN48,150+3,004+6.7%+4,670+9.7%159,630
52Anderson CountyKnoxville metroTN86,993+2,848+3.4%+4,588+5.3%2517,399
53Lee CountyAlbany metroGA30,364+4,168+15.9%+4,367+14.4%1130,364
54Madison CountyAthens metroGA29,136+1,794+6.6%+4,244+14.6%10no church
55Greene CountyRest of GeorgiaGA19,510+2,890+17.4%+4,109+21.1%1119,510
56Hamblen CountyMorristown metroTN69,501+1,706+2.5%+3,958+5.7%1611,584
57Spalding CountyAtlanta metroGA66,608+4,480+7.2%+3,943+5.9%1322,203
58Union CountyRest of GeorgiaGA25,232+3,356+15.3%+3,940+15.6%138,411
59Oconee CountyAthens metroGA38,941+3,075+8.6%+3,659+9.4%1138,941
60Richmond CountyAugusta metroGA200,558+5,815+3.0%+3,404+1.7%22100,279
61Greene CountyRest of TennesseeTN69,087+1,713+2.5%+2,786+4.0%1417,272
62Cocke CountyRest of TennesseeTN38,377+2,264+6.3%+2,576+6.7%166,396
63Ware CountyRest of GeorgiaGA38,295+1,065+2.9%+2,432+6.4%175,471
64Upson CountyRest of GeorgiaGA25,833+2,092+8.8%+2,391+9.3%1125,833
65Lumpkin CountyAtlanta metroGA33,573+2,242+7.2%+2,266+6.7%10no church
66Bedford CountyRest of TennesseeTN50,427+2,157+4.5%+2,176+4.3%1225,214
67Troup CountyRest of GeorgiaGA72,300+1,262+1.8%+2,051+2.8%1324,100
68Trousdale CountyNashville metroTN11,690+2,320+24.8%+2,017+17.3%1111,690
69Harris CountyColumbus metroGA35,347+514+1.5%+1,819+5.1%1135,347
70Peach CountyWarner Robins metroGA38,869+2,787+7.7%+1,526+3.9%1138,869
71Shelby CountyMemphis metroTN926,217-16,058-1.7%-11,458-1.2%27132,317