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Fort Gaines, GA

1,166 Population
4.8 square miles 244.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±8.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Clay County: 46.1 † ±8.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$18,819 ±$3,492 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Clay County: $29,009 † ±$7,257
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$38,636 ±$10,449 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clay County: $48,715 † ±$5,172
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

35% ±19.2% (387  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 23.1% † 644 (±9% / ±252)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

21.1 minutes ±3.3 (8,125  ±3,066) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 20 † 21,265 (±3.3 / ±4,670)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

380 ±98 Number of households
  • Clay County: 1,179 † ±134
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.9 ±1 (1,107  ±224) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.4 † 2,794 (±0.3 / ±2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

12.9% ±16.8% (36  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Clay County: 6.4% † 39 (±7.7% / ±48)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

568 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 1,936 ±143
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$91,400 ±$33,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Clay County: $92,500 † ±$21,693
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

6.2% ±4.9% (71  ±57) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 8.4% † 236 (±5.3% / ±149.1)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

88.2% ±6.6% (559  ±132.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 85.4% † 1,677 (±11.2% / ±261.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
8.8% ±5.9% (56  ±39.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 22.6% † 443 (±7.8% / ±158.5)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5% ±2.8% (42  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 6.8% † 156 (±2.4% / ±55)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
42 Total veterans ±25 42 Male ±25 N/A Female ±14

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