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Atlanta, GA

506,804 Population
135.7 square miles 3,733.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 36.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 37.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,414 ±$3,216 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $37,331 ±$455
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $32,657 ±$329
$66,657 ±$4,678 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $71,742 ±$702
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Georgia: $61,980 ±$437

20.2% ±2.1% (95,034  ±9,791) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 10.5% 623,646 (±0.4% / ±25,044)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.3% 1,373,909 (±0.3% / ±35,565)

27.8 minutes ±1.2 (6,532,215  ±359,806) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 32.5 88,320,345 (±0.2 / ±1,033,507)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 29.3 135,248,355 (±0.2 / ±1,391,351)

Families

223,736 ±5,878 Number of households
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,189,294 ±8,398
  • Georgia: 3,852,714 ±14,425
2.1 ±0.1 (468,336  ±3,630) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2.7 5,925,217 (±0 / ±5,264)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,350,583 (±0)

3.4% ±1% (5,130  ±1,498) 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% 77,188 (±0.4% / ±6,388)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 134,809 (±0.3% / ±7,904)

Housing

253,597 ±5,338 Number of housing units
  • the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 2,364,761 ±3,263
  • Georgia: 4,378,350 ±673

$359,500 ±$16,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: $247,200 ±$2,237
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Georgia: $202,500 ±$1,708

17.1% ±1.5% (85,963  ±7,329.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 13.9% 829,625 (±0.5% / ±29,512.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 14% 1,465,103 (±0.3% / ±35,589.2)

Social

92.5% ±2.5% (326,130  ±10,789.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 90% 3,616,870 (±0.9% / ±35,487.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 87.9% 6,224,197 (±0.6% / ±45,046.1)
56.5% ±2.1% (199,244  ±8,131) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 39.9% 1,604,336 (±0.6% / ±22,438.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 32.5% 2,301,568 (±0.4% / ±26,910.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

8.4% ±1% (42,321  ±4,795) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 14.2% 852,295 (±0.4% / ±23,109)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 10.3% 1,091,880 (±0.2% / ±25,620)

4.4% ±0.6% (18,318  ±2,542) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA Metro Area: 6.8% 309,653 (±0.2% / ±10,341)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Georgia: 7.7% 616,527 (±0.2% / ±14,621)
18,318 Total veterans ±2,542 15,886 Male ±2,243 2,432 Female ±1,162

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