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Clayton County, GA

298,300 Population
141.8 square miles 2,104.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,060 ±$1,365 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,359 ±$4,396 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.7% ±3.2% (49,153  ±9,330) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.4 minutes ±0.9 (4,073,905  ±248,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,833,304 (±0.2 / ±1,204,493)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

106,914 ±1,755 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (293,771  ±351) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

7.3% ±2.8% (5,890  ±2,250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

116,070 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$245,900 ±$11,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.6% ±2.3% (34,123  ±6,727) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

85.1% ±4.8% (162,104  ±9,217.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26% ±2.6% (49,460  ±5,012.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about three-quarters of 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

15% (44,870  ±4,632) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.9% ±1.2% (15,229  ±2,575) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,229 Total veterans ±2,575 12,071 Male ±2,296 3,158 Female ±1,109

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