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Chatham County, GA

303,655 Population
432.7 square miles 701.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,442 ±$2,194 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$70,904 ±$3,021 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.7% ±2.3% (42,632  ±6,648) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.3 minutes ±0.7 (3,011,890  ±147,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

123,272 ±2,702 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (291,122  ±335) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±1.5% (3,271  ±1,187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

139,403 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$320,800 ±$17,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

18.8% ±2.2% (56,431  ±6,738.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.3% ±3.7% (191,826  ±7,779.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39.1% ±2.3% (82,150  ±4,866.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.5% (28,909  ±2,782) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

9.1% ±0.9% (21,731  ±2,213) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,731 Total veterans ±2,213 17,887 Male ±1,932 3,844 Female ±1,148

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