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Dalton, GA

34,538 Population
21.3 square miles 1,620.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,115 ±$2,787 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $31,295 ±$1,054
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,577 ±$5,546 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $67,846 ±$2,215
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.6% ±3.4% (6,237  ±1,150) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 14.7% 20,992 (±1.4% / ±2,022)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±0.8 (271,865  ±21,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 23.7 1,505,035 (±0.5 / ±47,502)
  • 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

12,399 ±457 Number of households
  • the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 52,080 ±536
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (33,405  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 2.7 142,575 (±0 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±2% (386  ±172) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 5% † 1,686 (±0.9% / ±289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,440 ±461 Number of housing units
  • the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 56,047 ±50
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,400 ±$14,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: $208,800 ±$7,961
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±2.8% (4,624  ±945.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 9.6% † 13,695 (±1.1% / ±1,556.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

70.2% ±4.6% (15,404  ±1,100.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 76.6% 73,018 (±2.3% / ±2,228)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.3% ±2.8% (5,337  ±621.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 18.7% 17,863 (±1.2% / ±1,152.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

28.9% ±2.7% (9,973  ±946) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 15.3% 21,978
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±1.2% (1,003  ±300) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dalton, GA Metro Area: 4.8% † 5,216 (±0.5% / ±565)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,003 Total veterans ±300 974 Male ±293 29 Female ±34

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