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Americus, GA

15,910 Population
11.3 square miles 1,401.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 37.8 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$20,545 ±$1,624 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $25,212 ±$1,414
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $39,525 ±$194
$39,527 ±$4,683 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $42,821 ±$1,935
  • about half the amount in Georgia: $74,664 ±$431

28.7% ±4.7% (4,266  ±701) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 21.3% † 6,810 (±2.4% / ±770)
  • more than double the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,423,159 (±0.2% / ±19,046)

18.8 minutes ±2 (117,980  ±17,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 22.2 296,255 (±1.5 / ±25,223)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 123,275,350 (±0.1 / ±629,504)

Families

6,143 ±333 Number of households
  • the Americus, GA Micro Area: 12,475 ±355
  • Georgia: 4,008,013 ±9,372
2.4 ±0.1 (14,803  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 2.6 31,913 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,571,720

3.6% ±3% (163  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 4.1% † 335 (±1.9% / ±157)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,505 (±0.2% / ±4,175)

Housing

7,283 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Americus, GA Micro Area: 15,484 ±152
  • Georgia: 4,483,873 ±944

$113,500 ±$18,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Americus, GA Micro Area: $126,500 † ±$17,499
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Georgia: $272,900 ±$1,058

15.2% ±4.4% (2,379  ±694.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,872 (±2.3% / ±753.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,418,224 (±0.2% / ±18,188.3)

Social

85.6% ±6.6% (7,702  ±706) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 84.4% 18,194 (±4.2% / ±948.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 89% 6,451,736 (±0.3% / ±23,526)
21.5% ±4.1% (1,935  ±384.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 21% † 4,519 (±2.4% / ±525.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 34.2% 2,480,907 (±0.2% / ±14,380)

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

2.1% ±1.1% (341  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 2.9% 976
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Georgia: 10.8% 1,172,488

5.1% ±1.6% (616  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Americus, GA Micro Area: 5.9% † 1,546 (±1.2% / ±300)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.4% 608,876 (±0.1% / ±6,777)
616 Total veterans ±186 594 Male ±183 22 Female ±21

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