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Richmond County, GA

206,303 Population
324.3 square miles 636.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.3 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

$34,019 ±$2,310 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $41,996 ±$344
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,723 ±$3,162 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

17.4% ±3.1% (34,458  ±6,122) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 12.6% 1,373,284 (±0.3% / ±36,640)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.9 minutes ±1.5 (1,932,790  ±160,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 29.4 135,223,580 (±0.2 / ±1,380,047)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

81,264 ±2,172 Number of households
  • Georgia: 4,220,732 ±13,456
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (198,182  ±172) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,927,528
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±2.1% (2,941  ±1,087) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 139,303 (±0.3% / ±8,033)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

94,095 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Georgia: 4,668,796 ±534
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$202,700 ±$12,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $343,300 ±$2,287
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.8% ±2.3% (34,289  ±4,780.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 12.9% 1,421,007 (±0.3% / ±35,778.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.5% ±4.9% (120,025  ±6,713) 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)
24.1% ±2.6% (33,099  ±3,514.9) 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

4.9% (10,108  ±2,245) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 11.9% 1,333,177
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.6% ±1.4% (16,377  ±2,206) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 7% 604,059 (±0.2% / ±12,553)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,377 Total veterans ±2,206 12,731 Male ±1,608 3,646 Female ±1,289

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