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Fitzgerald CCD, Ben Hill County, GA

15,423 Population
160.1 square miles 96.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ben Hill County: 38.7 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,989 ±$1,456 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ben Hill County: $23,130 ±$1,470
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,363 ±$2,873 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ben Hill County: $41,758 ±$3,419
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.9% ±5.1% (4,045  ±767) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ben Hill County: 25.2% † 4,207 (±4.7% / ±790)
  • about double the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±1.5 (96,370  ±11,978) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ben Hill County: 16.8 112,155 (±1.3 / ±11,994)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,401 ±299 Number of households
  • Ben Hill County: 7,082 ±267
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,132  ±296) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ben Hill County: 2.4 16,798 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±5.1% (180  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Ben Hill County: 5.3% † 205 (±4.9% / ±188)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,393 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Ben Hill County: 8,141 ±19
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$109,100 ±$10,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ben Hill County: $112,700 ±$11,010
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±2.4% (1,125  ±371) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ben Hill County: 7.7% † 1,304 (±2.3% / ±385.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.9% ±6.1% (8,762  ±684.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 83.9% 9,776 (±5.7% / ±688.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±2.8% (1,369  ±293.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 13% † 1,509 (±2.5% / ±296.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.8% ±1.1% (430  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 2.7% 468
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2% (777  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ben Hill County: 6.6% † 855 (±1.8% / ±232)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
777 Total veterans ±235 717 Male ±219 60 Female ±64

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