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Meriwether County, GA

20,757 Population
500.9 square miles 41.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,400 ±$2,063 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,458 ±$3,123 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.7% ±3.4% (4,052  ±690) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

33.6 minutes ±2.5 (251,465  ±25,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,170 ±290 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (20,502  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

14.6% ±3.5% (644  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

9,642 ±23 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$154,600 ±$21,843 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.7% ±2.5% (2,394  ±514) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.2% ±4.8% (12,137  ±716.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13% ±1.9% (1,924  ±282.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

0.7% (148  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.2% ±1.6% (1,172  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,172 Total veterans ±254 1,004 Male ±213 168 Female ±88

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