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Americus, GA

15,813 Population
11.3 square miles 1,393.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 38.4 ±1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,830 ±$2,144 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $27,650 ±$2,730
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,176 ±$3,831 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $43,688 ±$3,436
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.7% ±6.2% (4,823  ±910) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 22.4% † 7,131 (±3.1% / ±987)
  • more than 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)

17.3 minutes ±2.4 (103,715  ±17,967) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 21.1 277,330 (±1.4 / ±24,817)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,106 ±321 Number of households
  • the Americus, GA Micro Area: 12,625 ±450
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,726  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 2.5 31,860 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±3.4% (234  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 5.1% † 407 (±2.2% / ±177)
  • 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

7,253 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Americus, GA Micro Area: 15,400 ±159
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,500 ±$17,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $122,400 † ±$15,400
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±3.6% (1,792  ±554.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 9.6% † 3,170 (±2% / ±652.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±7% (7,494  ±695.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 85% 18,388 (±4.3% / ±943.7)
  • 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)
21.9% ±3.5% (1,946  ±317.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 21.5% † 4,656 (±2.2% / ±478.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about three-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

3.9% ±1.4% (617  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 3.8% 1,259
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±1.7% (592  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,527 (±1.3% / ±333)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
592 Total veterans ±196 515 Male ±184 77 Female ±78

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