GEORGIA

Georgia has a population of 10.6 million people in 2019, with a median age of 37.2 years old and a median family income of $61,980 dollars. Georgia's population increased by 0.931 percent from 10.5 million to 10.6 million people between 2018 and 2019, while its median household income increased by 5.49 percent from $58,756 to $61,980.

White (Non-Hispanic) (51.8%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (31.5%), White (Hispanic) (5.93%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (4.11%), and Other (Hispanic) are the top five ethnic groups in Georgia (2.68 percent ). In Georgia, 14.4% of families speak a non-English language as their primary language at home.

94.5 percent of Georgians are citizens of the United States.

University of Georgia (12,804 degrees given in 2020), Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (8,534 degrees), and Georgia State University are Georgia's largest universities (8,062 degrees).

Georgia's median house value was $202,500 in 2019, while the homeownership rate was 64.1 percent. The average commute time in Georgia was 27.3 minutes, and the majority of people drove alone to work. Georgians owned an average of two cars per family.

Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee all share boundaries with Georgia.

Diversity

Georgia has a population of 10.6 million people, 94.5 percent of whom are citizens. 9.93 percent of Georgia inhabitants were born outside the country as of 2019. (1.05M people).

Georgia has 1.64 times as many White (non-Hispanic) citizens (5.5 million) as any other race or ethnicity in 2019. The second and third most common ethnic groupings were 3.35 million Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 630 thousand White (Hispanic).

Spanish (807,522 speakers), Vietnamese (64,718 speakers), and Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese) are the most commonly spoken foreign languages in Georgia (52,962 speakers).

Ethnicity and Race

Georgia has 1.64 times as many White (non-Hispanic) citizens (5.5 million) as any other race or ethnicity in 2019. The second and third most common ethnic groupings were 3.35 million Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 630 thousand White (Hispanic).

In Georgia, 9.82 percent of the population is Hispanic (1.04M people).

Speakers who do not speak English

Non-English speakers account for 14.4 percent of Georgians, which is lower than the national average of 22 percent.

Spanish was the most commonly spoken non-English language in Georgia in 2019. Native Spanish speakers make up 8.09 percent of Georgia's population. The next two most prevalent languages are Vietnamese (0.649%) and Chinese (0.531%) (including Mandarin and Cantonese).

Population of Foreign-Born People

As of 2019, 9.93 percent of Georgia inhabitants (1.05 million people) were born outside of the country, compared to 13.7 percent nationally. The percentage of Georgians born outside of the country was 9.85 percent in 2018, indicating that the rate has been rising.

Age based on Nativity

Georgia's total population was 37.2 years old in 2019. With a median age of 36, native-born citizens were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, who had a median age of 43. However, the population of Georgia is aging. All Georgia citizens were 37 years old on average in 2018.

Global Varieties

Mexico was the most popular birthplace for foreign-born Georgia citizens in 2019, accounting for 232,541 inhabitants, followed by India with 103,213 and Vietnam with 52,964.

Citizenship As of 2019, 94.5 percent of Georgia inhabitants were citizens of the United States, a figure that was higher than the national average of 93.4 percent. In 2018, 94.4 percent of Georgians were US citizens, indicating that the rate of citizenship has been rising.

Veterans in Georgia make up 1.15 times the population of military members who fought in any other battle.

Economy

Georgia's median household income is $61,980. Forsyth County, GA had the highest Median Household Income in Georgia in 2019, with a value of $112,108, followed by Fayette County, GA, and Columbia County, GA, with values of $92,172 and $88,761 respectively.

Males earn 1.36 times more than females, who earn $50,267 on average in Georgia. Georgia's income inequality (as measured by the Gini index) is 0.473 percent, which is lower than the national average.

Georgia's economy employs 4.8 million people. Restaurants & Food Services (324,849 people), Elementary & secondary schools (309,701 people), and Construction (289,893 people) are the most populous industries in Georgia, while Securities, commodities, funds, trusts, and other financial investments ($146,133), Software publishing ($139,975), and Support activities for mining ($119,088) pay the highest wages.