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Effingham County, GA

69,041 Population
478.8 square miles 144.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,221 ±$3,389 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Georgia: $38,378 ±$332
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$89,885 ±$8,190 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $72,837 ±$640
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.2% ±2.7% (5,602  ±1,860) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 12.7% 1,348,344 (±0.4% / ±37,893)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30 minutes ±1 (883,135  ±40,889) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Georgia: 28.4 125,025,400 (±0.1 / ±677,251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

23,911 ±827 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,092,467 ±12,679
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.9 ±0.1 (68,727  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,662,548
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.3% ±3.4% (883  ±566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.7% 151,128 (±0.4% / ±9,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

26,002 ±28 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,539,156 ±441
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$265,400 ±$23,888 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Georgia: $297,400 ±$1,891
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.1% ±3.9% (8,218  ±2,690.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,442,802 (±0.3% / ±34,081)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

87.7% ±6.7% (40,189  ±3,218.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89.5% 6,564,044 (±0.6% / ±46,130)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
25.4% ±3.8% (11,622  ±1,748.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 34.7% 2,544,114 (±0.4% / ±26,526.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

3.4% (2,350  ±1,027) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Georgia: 10.7% 1,168,022
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

13.5% ±3.4% (6,820  ±1,708) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 607,506 (±0.2% / ±14,039)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,820 Total veterans ±1,708 5,768 Male ±1,396 1,052 Female ±574

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