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Clayton County, GA

297,703 Population
141.7 square miles 2,100.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,847 ±$1,576 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,067 ±$5,750 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $79,991 ±$633
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.7% ±2.9% (51,892  ±8,444) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.8 minutes ±1.5 (3,979,390  ±291,419) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 29.4 135,223,580 (±0.2 / ±1,380,047)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

104,436 ±1,666 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (293,553  ±152) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7% ±2.4% (5,573  ±1,887) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

116,288 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$264,900 ±$9,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.3% ±3.1% (44,920  ±9,177.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.1% ±4.7% (166,146  ±9,101) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89.8% 6,813,223 (±0.6% / ±46,285.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23.4% ±2.5% (45,164  ±4,914.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 36.3% 2,755,502 (±0.4% / ±28,804.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.5% (43,131  ±4,955) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1.3% (15,965  ±2,820) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,965 Total veterans ±2,820 12,941 Male ±2,586 3,024 Female ±1,163

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