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Atlanta, GA

486,299 Population
133.4 square miles 3,644.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 36.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,690 ±$2,044 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $33,693 ±$388
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $29,668 ±$249
$57,597 ±$3,481 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $65,381 ±$760
  • a little higher than the amount in Georgia: $56,183 ±$572

19.3% ±2.1% (88,065  ±9,368) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 12% 692,754 (±0.6% / ±35,782)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 15% 1,517,702 (±0.5% / ±49,244)

27.9 minutes ±0.8 (6,464,385  ±269,345) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 32.3 85,808,785 (±0.3 / ±977,384)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.8 129,675,685 (±0.2 / ±1,244,870)

Families

199,717 ±5,434 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,102,145 ±10,010
  • Georgia: 3,745,074 ±16,431
2.3 ±0.1 (453,989  ±2,802) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.8 5,794,240 (±0 / ±5,238)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,170,586 (±0)

4.6% ±0.9% (6,672  ±1,328) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 5.5% 83,969 (±0.4% / ±5,595)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.4% 141,334 (±0.3% / ±8,179)

Housing

245,063 ±5,323 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,299,498 ±2,801
  • Georgia: 4,282,254 ±434

$299,400 ±$20,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $215,100 ±$2,460
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $173,700 ±$1,013

23.2% ±1.7% (111,883  ±7,929.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 14.5% 839,358 (±0.4% / ±25,775.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 14.9% 1,538,735 (±0.3% / ±33,142)

Social

90.5% ±2.4% (297,862  ±9,213.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,486,368 (±0.8% / ±32,643.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 87% 6,002,590 (±0.6% / ±43,135.9)
49.2% ±1.7% (162,003  ±6,006.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 37.9% 1,473,691 (±0.5% / ±20,229.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 30.9% 2,131,478 (±0.4% / ±24,229.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

7.5% ±0.8% (36,281  ±3,653) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 14.1% 826,505 (±0.3% / ±17,405)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.2% 1,065,968 (±0.2% / ±19,136)

4.7% ±0.5% (18,343  ±1,874) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.8% 298,306 (±0.2% / ±9,582)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.9% 622,790 (±0.2% / ±12,669)
18,343 Total veterans ±1,874 16,676 Male ±1,735 1,667 Female ±589

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