Atlanta, Georgia Neighborhood Info

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Atlanta, Georgia QuickFacts

	Atlanta, Georgia	United States
Total population	416,474	281,421,906
State	Georgia
City	atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia Population

	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
Male	206,725	49.64%	49.06%
Female	209,749	50.36%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.9		35.3

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	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
18 years and over	323,470	77.67%	74.31%
21 years and over	299,224	71.85%	69.97%
62 years and over	48,214	11.58%	14.66%
65 years and over	40,535	9.73%	12.43%

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	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
White	138,352	33.22%	75.14%
Black or African American	255,689	61.39%	12.32%
Asian	8,046	1.93%	3.64%
Some other race	9,210	2.21%	5.46%
Two or more races	5,177	1.24%	2.43%

Atlanta, Georgia Housing

	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
Total households	168,147		105,480,101
Family households (families)	83,182	49.47%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	84,965	50.53%	31.94%

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	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
Total housing units	186,998		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	18,778	10.04%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	168,147	89.92%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	73,473	39.29%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	94,674	50.63%	30.77%

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	Atlanta, Georgia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	5,245	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	21,499	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,883	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,100	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	7,370	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	8,966	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	5,548	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	1,597	0.57%
Median (dollars)	130,600	119,600

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	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	47,014	27.96%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	52,346	31.13%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	21,081	12.54%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	18,604	11.06%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	14,324	8.52%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	14,873	8.85%	9.65%

Atlanta, Georgia Education

	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	113,134		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	8,389	7.42%	6.47%
Kindergarten	5,615	4.96%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	43,274	38.25%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	20,420	18.05%	21.38%
College or graduate school	35,436	31.32%	22.81%

Atlanta, Georgia Economy

	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
Population 16 years and over	333,209		217,168,077
In labor force	213,257	64.0%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	212,817	63.87%	63.39%
- - Employed	182,936	54.9%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	29,881	8.97%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	14.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	440	0.13%	0.53%
Not in labor force	119,952	36.0%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	169,097	50.75%	51.66%
In labor force	99,286	29.8%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	99,204	29.77%	29.65%
- - Employed	85,722	25.73%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	28,432	8.53%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	16,484		12,787,501

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	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	168,341		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	28,669	17.03%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	12,267	7.29%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	23,191	13.78%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	20,403	12.12%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	21,704	12.89%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	23,819	14.15%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,859	7.64%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	12,398	7.36%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,475	2.66%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	8,556	5.08%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,770		41,994

	Atlanta, Georgia	%, Atlanta, Georgia	United States
With earnings	134,778	40.45%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	63,292		56,604
With Social Security income	34,757	10.43%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,410		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	10,743	3.22%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,933		6,320
With public assistance income	9,234	2.77%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,632		3,032
With retirement income	19,454	5.84%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,937		17,376

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