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Fort Gaines, GA

1,248 Population
4.8 square miles 261.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±5.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Clay County: 45.3 ±3.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,664 ±$5,013 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Clay County: $32,259 † ±$6,056
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$38,071 ±$12,074 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Clay County: $49,147 † ±$6,954
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

31.7% ±20.7% (376  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 21% † 586 (±9.7% / ±271)
  • 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)

21.3 minutes ±6.1 (10,210  ±4,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 23.2 † 24,805 (±3 / ±4,891)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

452 ±115 Number of households
  • Clay County: 1,231 † ±129
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.8 (1,189  ±233) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.3 † 2,791 (±0.2 / ±3)
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.2% ±16.2% (46  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 7.7% † 50 (±8.8% / ±58)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

612 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 1,981 ±120
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$90,500 ±$40,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Clay County: $94,400 † ±$25,961
  • about one-third of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±6.2% (108  ±76.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 8.6% † 240 (±4.5% / ±126.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±7.9% (619  ±147.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 86.2% † 1,705 (±12.2% / ±270.3)
  • about the same as 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)
10.6% ±5.3% (75  ±41) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Clay County: 23.4% † 463 (±7.4% / ±149.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.3% ±2% (30  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 7.8% † 178 (±2.9% / ±67)
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±19 29 Male ±18 1 Female ±5

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