Census Reporter

Atlanta, GA

498,073 Population
135.6 square miles 3,673.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 36.8 ±0.3

Economics

$48,869 ±$2,407 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $35,539 ±$433
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $31,187 ±$330
$65,345 ±$2,632 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $69,464 ±$1,074
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $58,756 ±$711

20.2% ±1.9% (93,612  ±8,659) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 11.1% 648,680 (±0.5% / ±27,723)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.3% 1,468,642 (±0.3% / ±34,068)

28.3 minutes ±1 (6,439,580  ±299,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 32.5 88,241,835 (±0.3 / ±981,772)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 29 133,615,450 (±0.2 / ±1,207,568)

Families

211,819 ±5,020 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,137,280 ±9,772
  • Georgia: 3,803,012 ±14,400
2.2 ±0.1 (460,952  ±3,845) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2.7 5,859,766 (±0 / ±6,099)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,254,913 (±0)

4.9% ±1% (7,121  ±1,415) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 4.2% 64,064 (±0.3% / ±4,792)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 4.7% 122,525 (±0.2% / ±5,675)

Housing

255,433 ±4,761 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 2,331,002 ±2,915
  • Georgia: 4,326,266 ±415

$302,200 ±$15,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: $233,700 ±$2,254
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $189,900 ±$1,427

20.8% ±1.6% (101,931  ±7,623) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.8% 815,607 (±0.5% / ±30,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 14.4% 1,500,659 (±0.4% / ±37,489.9)

Social

92% ±2.6% (309,504  ±10,181.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 90.1% 3,562,715 (±0.8% / ±33,523.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 87.6% 6,112,073 (±0.6% / ±42,377.1)
53.4% ±1.9% (179,591  ±6,974.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 39.4% 1,558,513 (±0.5% / ±21,214.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 31.9% 2,224,033 (±0.4% / ±24,994.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

7.8% ±0.8% (38,653  ±4,188) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 13.9% 824,050 (±0.4% / ±22,107)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 10.1% 1,064,073 (±0.2% / ±23,643)

4.7% ±0.6% (19,011  ±2,541) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area: 6.6% 298,425 (±0.2% / ±9,537)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.6% 609,508 (±0.2% / ±13,134)
19,011 Total veterans ±2,541 17,718 Male ±2,530 1,293 Female ±411

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