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Atlanta, GA

497,642 Population
135.3 square miles 3,677.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,032 ±$1,304 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $36,867 ±$250
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $32,427 ±$189
$64,179 ±$1,900 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $71,193 ±$459
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $61,224 ±$306

19.2% ±0.8% (88,951  ±3,855) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 11.4% 666,214 (±0.2% / ±13,220)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,461,572 (±0.2% / ±17,326)

27.5 minutes ±0.5 (6,061,125  ±158,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 32.2 83,825,505 (±0.2 / ±555,446)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.7 128,631,090 (±0.1 / ±696,696)

Families

215,179 ±2,365 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,152,319 ±4,698
  • Georgia: 3,830,264 ±8,096
2.1 ±0 (460,166  ±1,481) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2.7 5,856,406 (±0 / ±1,992)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,253,888 (±0)

3.8% ±0.5% (5,545  ±691) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 5% 76,286 (±0.2% / ±2,757)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 134,386 (±0.1% / ±3,625)

Housing

250,533 ±2,271 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,330,974 ±788
  • Georgia: 4,329,675 ±661

$314,400 ±$9,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $233,700 ±$1,383
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $190,200 ±$860

21.3% ±0.8% (104,789  ±4,029.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 14.4% 845,741 (±0.2% / ±12,412.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14.5% 1,509,147 (±0.2% / ±15,979.9)

Social

91.8% ±1.4% (312,745  ±5,371.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 90.2% 3,565,606 (±0.5% / ±18,132.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 87.9% 6,147,772 (±0.3% / ±23,903)
53.4% ±1% (182,047  ±3,848.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 39.5% 1,562,113 (±0.3% / ±10,872.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 32.2% 2,252,662 (±0.2% / ±13,897.1)

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

8% ±0.5% (39,651  ±2,308) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 13.9% 824,037 (±0.2% / ±10,783)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.2% 1,068,027 (±0.1% / ±12,154)

4.5% ±0.3% (18,350  ±1,271) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 6.8% 306,255 (±0.1% / ±5,431)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.9% 625,251 (±0.1% / ±7,372)
18,350 Total veterans ±1,271 16,365 Male ±1,261 1,985 Female ±376

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