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Newton County, GA

124,010 Population
273.8 square miles 452.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 38 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,546 ±$3,687 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,759 ±$4,993 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11% ±4.7% (13,419  ±5,727) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

35.9 minutes ±1.6 (1,722,280  ±96,217) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

43,003 ±1,043 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (122,327  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.3% ±3% (1,696  ±967) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,190 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$314,900 ±$16,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±2.9% (11,611  ±3,508.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±7% (74,446  ±5,743.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.4% ±3.6% (22,970  ±2,934.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

7.7% (9,585  ±2,018) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.4% ±1.6% (7,801  ±1,490) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,801 Total veterans ±1,490 7,096 Male ±1,506 705 Female ±535

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