Georgia QuickFacts

People QuickFacts

Georgia

USA

Population, 2005 estimate

9,072,576

296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005

10.8%

5.3%

Population, 2000

8,186,453

281,421,906

Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000

26.4%

13.1%

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2004

7.7%

6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2004

26.4%

25.0%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2004

9.6%

12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2004

50.6%

50.8%

White persons, percent, 2004 (a)

66.4%

80.4%

Black persons, percent, 2004 (a)

29.6%

12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a)

0.3%

1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2004 (a)

2.6%

4.2%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a)

0.1%

0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2004

1.0%

1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b)

6.8%

14.1%

White persons, not Hispanic, percent, 2004

60.2%

67.4%

Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000

49.2%

54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

7.1%

11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000

9.9%

17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000

78.6%

80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

24.3%

24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000

1,456,812

49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

27.7

25.5

Housing units, 2004

3,672,677

122,671,734

Homeownership rate, 2000

67.5%

66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

20.8%

26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$111,200

$119,600

Households, 2000

3,006,369

105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000

2.65

2.59

Per capita money income, 1999

$21,154

$21,587

Median household income, 2003

$42,421

$43,318

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003

13.3%

12.5%

Business QuickFacts

Georgia

USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2003

209,1371

7,254,745

Private nonfarm employment, 2003

3,387,3371

113,398,043

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003

-2.8%1

-0.6%

Nonemployer establishments, 2003

570,216

18,649,114

Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)

126,156,636

3,916,136,712

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)

90,098,578

3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002

$10,551

$10,615

Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

15.6%

14.6%

Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997

25.6%

26.0%

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2004

108,356

2,070,077

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)

55,152,9111

2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts

Georgia

USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

57,906

3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000

141.4

79.6

FIPS Code