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Fitzgerald, GA

8,962 Population
9 square miles 997 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 38.5 ±0.9
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$21,345 ±$2,364 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: $23,099 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$36,515 ±$4,705 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: $39,081 ±$3,479
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

25.3% ±7.6% (2,192  ±654) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 25.7% † 4,308 (±5.6% / ±932)
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

14 minutes ±1.8 (51,835  ±8,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 16.1 105,550 (±1.5 / ±11,814)
  • about half the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

3,813 ±260 Number of households
  • the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 7,162 ±246
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.3 ±0.2 (8,650  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 2.4 16,826 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

6.9% ±8% (137  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 4.9% † 196 (±4.3% / ±171)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

4,250 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 8,135 ±18
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$99,900 ±$12,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: $114,600 † ±$12,572
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

9.6% ±4.7% (846  ±412.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 9.2% † 1,563 (±2.8% / ±476.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

85.1% ±8.5% (5,145  ±573.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 84.3% 9,647 (±6% / ±701.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
13.7% ±3.6% (829  ±223.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 12.1% † 1,386 (±2.4% / ±272.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

2% ±1.3% (177  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 2.7% 458
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

7.3% ±2.6% (495  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fitzgerald, GA Micro Area: 6.5% † 831 (±1.6% / ±207)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
495 Total veterans ±179 424 Male ±159 71 Female ±60

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