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Burke County, GA

22,520 Population
827 square miles 27.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 36.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,173 ±$1,253 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $31,067 ±$154
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$44,151 ±$2,438 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $58,700 ±$294
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

22.2% ±3.2% (4,928  ±707) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 15.1% 1,528,558 (±0.2% / ±17,868)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

27.8 minutes ±2.3 (245,595  ±24,460) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.8 129,536,780 (±0.1 / ±625,380)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

8,193 ±257 Number of households
  • Georgia: 3,758,798 ±9,973
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.7 ±0.1 (22,315  ±98) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,143,245 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

6.7% ±2.3% (343  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 5.3% 136,047 (±0.1% / ±2,976)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

10,064 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,283,477 ±498
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$88,700 ±$7,994 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $176,000 ±$800
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

8.2% ±2.2% (1,814  ±493.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 15.1% 1,547,141 (±0.2% / ±15,874.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

80.1% ±4.6% (11,795  ±691.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 87.1% 6,002,781 (±0.3% / ±19,862.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
13.2% ±2.2% (1,950  ±324.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 31.3% 2,157,616 (±0.2% / ±11,371.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

2.4% ±0.5% (535  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Georgia: 10.1% 1,053,874 (±0.1% / ±9,174)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

9% ±1.5% (1,494  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 8% 629,302 (±0.1% / ±5,558)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
1,494 Total veterans ±248 1,317 Male ±230 177 Female ±92

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