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Muscogee County, GA

205,617 Population
216.5 square miles 949.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,666 ±$2,477 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $35,086 ±$435
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$52,734 ±$4,134 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $66,559 ±$712
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

20.4% ±3.2% (41,013  ±6,332) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14% 1,476,348 (±0.4% / ±43,526)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

20.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,641,950  ±68,730) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.6 126,439,936 (±0.1 / ±703,993)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

82,663 ±2,071 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,001,109 ±12,817
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0.1 (199,531  ±2,672) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,546,098 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.4% ±2.3% (3,284  ±1,195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,093 (±0.3% / ±7,538)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

91,621 ±1,103 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,475,242 ±715
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$170,900 ±$13,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $249,700 ±$2,441
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

19.1% ±3.1% (38,753  ±6,304.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,445,130 (±0.4% / ±41,727.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.2% ±4.7% (120,109  ±6,344.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,436,394 (±0.7% / ±50,274)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
31.3% ±2.7% (42,173  ±3,691.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 34.6% 2,505,076 (±0.4% / ±31,475.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

4.8% ±1% (9,820  ±2,051) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Georgia: 10% 1,082,965 (±0.2% / ±22,871)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

15% ±1.6% (22,336  ±2,394) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 595,743 (±0.2% / ±14,587)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
22,336 Total veterans ±2,394 18,805 Male ±2,098 3,531 Female ±1,198

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