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Atlanta, GA

499,121 Population
135.3 square miles 3,689.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$61,617 ±$2,598 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $43,561 ±$522
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $38,378 ±$332
$83,251 ±$3,285 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $84,876 ±$1,026
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $72,837 ±$640

17.3% ±2.2% (81,337  ±10,273) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 10% 614,892 (±0.4% / ±26,765)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Georgia: 12.7% 1,348,344 (±0.4% / ±37,893)

26.9 minutes ±0.9 (5,224,245  ±320,386) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 31 76,955,216 (±0.3 / ±1,076,277)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 28.2 123,162,450 (±0.3 / ±1,395,216)

Families

236,202 ±5,154 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,311,639 ±7,916
  • Georgia: 4,092,467 ±12,679
2 ±0 (469,442  ±1,075) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2.7 6,143,304 (±0 / ±3,136)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 † 10,662,548 (±135.8 / ±-555,555,600)

3.9% ±1% (5,793  ±1,474) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 5.5% 86,620 (±0.4% / ±6,824)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.7% 151,128 (±0.4% / ±9,289)

Housing

260,102 ±5,110 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,488,662 ±2,065
  • Georgia: 4,539,156 ±441

$424,600 ±$19,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $362,600 ±$2,312
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Georgia: $297,400 ±$1,891

20.3% ±1.8% (100,653  ±8,675.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 12.7% 781,556 (±0.4% / ±25,643.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,442,802 (±0.3% / ±34,081)

Social

94.4% ±2.8% (327,058  ±11,168.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 91.5% 3,833,796 (±0.8% / ±33,858.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 89.5% 6,564,044 (±0.6% / ±46,130)
59.3% ±2.2% (205,476  ±8,361.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 41.8% 1,752,727 (±0.5% / ±20,693.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 34.7% 2,544,114 (±0.4% / ±26,526.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.5% ±1% (42,609  ±4,837) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 14.6% 905,819 (±0.3% / ±20,981)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.7% † 1,168,022 (±544.9% / ±23,784)

4.1% ±0.6% (16,992  ±2,397) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 6.3% 299,708 (±0.2% / ±9,675)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.3% 607,506 (±0.2% / ±14,039)
16,992 Total veterans ±2,397 13,494 Male ±1,966 3,498 Female ±1,318

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