Georgia Census

Georgia Demographics

Quick Georgia Population Facts

Georgia has a population of over nine million. Georgia is over 60% white, almost 30% black. The hispanic population in third place, but it is impossible to know how may hispanics are in Georgia due to the influx of illegal immigration and the lack of control over this crime.

Population, 2005 estimate 9,072,576 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 10.8% 5.3%
Population, 2000 8,186,453 281,421,906
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 26.4% 13.1%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004 7.7% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004 26.4% 25.0%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004 9.6% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2004 50.6% 50.8%

White persons, percent, 2004 (a) 66.4% 80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2004 (a) 29.6% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) 0.3% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a) 2.6% 4.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004 1.0% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b) 6.8% 14.1%
White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004 60.2% 67.4%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 49.2% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.1% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 9.9% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.6% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 24.3% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,456,812 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.7 25.5

Housing units, 2004 3,672,677 122,671,734
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.5% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 20.8% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $111,200 $119,600

Households, 2000 3,006,369 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.65 2.59
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,154 $21,587
Median household income, 2003 $42,421 $43,318
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 13.3% 12.5%

Business QuickFacts Georgia USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2003 209,1371 7,254,745
Private nonfarm employment, 2003 3,387,3371 113,398,043
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003 -2.8%1 -0.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2003 570,216 18,649,114
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 126,156,636 3,916,136,712
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 90,098,578 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,551 $10,615
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 15.6% 14.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 25.6% 26.0%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004 108,356 2,070,077
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 55,152,9111 2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts Georgia USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 57,906 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 141.4 79.6
FIPS Code 13

1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

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(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: U.S. Census Bureau