Census Reporter

Atlanta, GA Urbanized Area

5,087,744 Population
2,645.9 square miles 1,922.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,839 ±$258 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$72,003 ±$468 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.4% ±0.2% (572,082  ±12,127) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

32.1 minutes ±0.2 (72,120,140  ±515,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,845,713 ±4,991 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0 (5,009,836  ±7,943) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5% ±0.2% (66,341  ±2,658) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,995,290 ±2,781 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$242,200 ±$1,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

14.9% ±0.3% (747,948  ±12,502.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

90.6% ±0.5% (3,055,337  ±16,621.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
42.3% ±0.3% (1,424,376  ±9,977.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

15.5% ±0.2% (787,167  ±10,573) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

6.6% ±0.1% (253,082  ±4,909) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
253,082 Total veterans ±4,909 219,384 Male ±4,211 33,698 Female ±2,024

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