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Gwinnett County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 15, 1818 ; 208 years ago ( 1818 )
- Named after
- Button Gwinnett
- Seat
- Lawrenceville
- Largest city
- Peachtree Corners
- Total
- 437 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Land
- 430 sq mi (1,100 km )
- Water
- 6.4 sq mi (17 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,018,099
- Density
- 2,123/sq mi (820/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 4th , 9th , 10th , 13th
- Website
- gwinnettcounty.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Button Gwinnett
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Contains
- Lawrenceville
- Capital
- Lawrenceville
- Population
- 957062
- Area
- 1131
- Shares border with
- Hall County
- Official website
- www.gwinnettcounty.com
- Image
- Gwinnett County Courthouse GA.jpg
- Households
- 299683
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- Commons category
- Gwinnett County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Gwinnett County, Georgia
- inception
- 1818-12-15
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Gwinnett County, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Gwinnett County, Georgia
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Gwinnett County
- per capita income
- 31935
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Encyclopedic overview
Gwinnett County (/ɡwɪˈnɛt/ gwih-NET) is located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is a core county of Metro Atlanta, being located about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Atlanta city limits. In 2020, the population was 957,062, making it the second-most populous county in Georgia (after Fulton County). Its county seat is Lawrenceville. The county is named for Button Gwinnett, one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence.
Gwinnett County is the most ethnically diverse county in Georgia, with significant populations of Black, Hispanic, and Asian residents. As of the 2020 Census, no ethnicity constitutes more than a third of its population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gwinnett County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.