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Atlanta, GA Urban Area

5,211,164 Population
2,553.2 square miles 2,041.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,648 ±$562 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$88,351 ±$1,202 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.1% ±0.5% (571,256  ±26,716) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.3 minutes ±0.4 (66,996,168  ±1,070,677) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,951,513 ±10,409 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (5,138,228  ±19,356) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.8% ±0.4% (64,327  ±5,064) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

2,117,126 ±6,233 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$395,800 ±$3,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.9% ±0.5% (662,316  ±24,858) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.2% ±0.9% (3,210,250  ±32,241.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
45.9% ±0.6% (1,617,064  ±20,808.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

23% ±0.7% (1,127,915  ±34,301.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

17.8% ±0.4% (927,694  ±20,637) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

5.9% ±0.2% (233,793  ±9,455) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
233,793 Total veterans ±9,455 198,687 Male ±7,899 35,106 Female ±3,794

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