Report: Hall's population tops 165,000

WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau says Hall County's population has probably grown by about 5,000 in the past year, and now totals more than 165,000.

The agency's yearly population estimate puts the number of people living in Hall County at around 165,771. A year ago, it was 160,788.

Gwinnett County again posted the largest increase in the state in raw numbers - roughly 26,000. Gwinnett's estimated population is now pegged at 726,273.

The population of Georgia has topped nine million, according to the estimates, up by 154,477 over last summer's estimate.

NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTY-BY-COUNTY BREAKDOWN FROM CENSUS BUREAU:
(FIRST COLUMN, ESTIMATED JULY 2005. SECOND COLUMN, ESTIMATED JULY 2004)

.Banks 16,055...15,718
.Barrow 59,954...56,656
.Dawson 19,731...19,041
.Elbert 20,799...20,824
.Fannin 21,887...21,659
.Forsyth 140,393...131,950
.Franklin 21,590...21,424
.Gilmer 27,335...26,670
.Gwinnett 726,273...700,577
.Habersham 39,603...38,948
.Hall 165,771...160,788
.Hart 24,036...23,705
.Jackson 52,292...49,564
.Lumpkin 24,324...23,863
.Madison 27,289...27,196
.Pickens 28,442...27,798
.Rabun 16,087...15,943
.Stephens 25,060...25,087
.Towns 10,315...10,116
.Union 19,782...19,473
.White 24,055...23,585