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Northwest Georgia Regional Commission--Walker, Catoosa, Chattooga & Dade Counties PUMA, GA

179,786 Population
1,095.9 square miles 164.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 37.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,098 ±$2,089 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $39,685 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$59,557 ±$5,265 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $74,632 ±$833
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.8% ±2.8% (25,884  ±4,876) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,461,317 (±0.4% / ±38,018)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27 minutes ±0.9 (1,923,110  ±82,379) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

67,087 ±1,978 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,150,138 ±14,424
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (174,895  ±141) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,774,563
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.8% ±2.1% (2,684  ±848) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 141,228 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

77,013 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,610,506 ±467
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$215,700 ±$11,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $323,000 ±$1,915
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.2% ±2.1% (18,095  ±3,782) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,369,769 (±0.3% / ±34,280.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.7% ±4.2% (111,990  ±5,401.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.3% 6,653,783 (±0.6% / ±43,866.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
19.9% ±2% (25,063  ±2,528.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 35.4% 2,637,795 (±0.4% / ±27,056)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

3.8% ±0.4% (6,427  ±723.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 15.1% 1,532,481 (±0.1% / ±13,628.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.1% (3,761  ±1,194) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 11.6% 1,274,462
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.3% ±1.1% (11,653  ±1,603) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 608,198 (±0.2% / ±13,207)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,653 Total veterans ±1,603 11,264 Male ±1,588 389 Female ±286

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