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Decatur, Georgia Neighborhood Profile

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Over 18,147 people live in Decatur, Georgia, 7,694 males, 10,453 females. The median age for Decatur, Georgia is 36.0 years old. The number of households is 8,051. The number of affordable housing units in Decatur, Georgia is four hundred and forty-six compared to 10,424,540 nationwide. The number of Decatur, Georgia owner-occupied units is eight thousand, fifty-one compared to one hundred and five million, four hundred and eighty thousand, one hundred and one in the U.S. The median value of Decatur, Georgia housing units currently stands at two hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred dollars. In terms of Decatur, Georgia income characteristics, the median household income for Decatur, Georgia is $47,395 dollars.

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 Decatur, Georgia United States
Total population18,147 281,421,906
StateGeorgia 
CityDecatur 

Decatur, Georgia Population

 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
Male7,69442.4%49.06%
Female10,45357.6%50.94%
Median age (years)36.0  35.3
18 years and over14,51980.01%74.31%
21 years and over13,75375.79%69.97%
62 years and over2,72515.02%14.66%
65 years and over2,42113.34%12.43%

 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
White11,90665.61%75.14%
Black or African American5,53230.48%12.32%
Asian2981.64%3.64%
Some other race1500.83%5.46%
Two or more races2611.44%2.43%

Decatur, Georgia Housing

 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
Total housing units 8,513 115,904,641
- Vacant housing units 4465.24%8.99%
- Occupied housing units 8,05194.57%91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units 4,70655.28%60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units 3,34539.29%30.77%
 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 20001,697 21.08%19.95%
1995 to 19982,753 34.19%28.9%
1990 to 19941,213 15.07%16.07%
1980 to 19891,001 12.43%15.58%
1970 to 1979620 7.7%9.86%
1969 or earlier784 9.74%9.65%
 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
Total households8,051  105,480,101
Family households (families)3,854 47.87%68.06%
Nonfamily households4,197 52.13%31.94%
 Decatur, Georgia United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000165,457,817
$50,000 to $99,99931516,778,971
$100,000 to $149,99954913,110,384
$150,000 to $199,9998708,075,904
$200,000 to $299,9991,6386,583,049
$300,000 to $499,9997723,584,108
$500,000 to $999,999581,308,116
$1,000,000 or more0313,759
Median (dollars)220,400119,600

Decatur, Georgia Education

 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 4,878 76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool3968.12% 6.47%
Kindergarten1984.06% 5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)1,70935.03% 43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)76515.68% 21.38%
College or graduate school1,81037.11% 22.81%

Decatur, Georgia Economy

 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
Population 16 years and over14,913  217,168,077
In labor force10,523 70.56%63.92%
- Civilian labor force10,513 70.5%63.39%
- - Employed9,908 66.44%59.73%
- - Unemployed605 4.06%3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force5.8  5.8
- Armed Forces10 0.07%0.53%
Not in labor force4,390 29.44%36.08%
Females 16 years and over8,856 59.38%51.66%
In labor force5,834 39.12%29.72%
- Civilian labor force5,824 39.05%29.65%
- - Employed5,396 36.18%27.92%
Own children under 6 years1,158 7.77%10.05%
All parents in family in labor force655  12,787,501
With earnings6,492 43.53%39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)67,678  56,604
With Social Security income1,726 11.57%12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)10,668  11,320
With Supplemental Security Income354 2.37%2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)6,552  6,320
With public assistance income141 0.95%1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)1,963  3,032
With retirement income1,032 6.92%8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)21,034  17,376
 Decatur, Georgia %, Decatur, Georgia United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households8,005  105,539,122
Less than $10,000838 10.47%9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999366 4.57%6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999883 11.03%12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999856 10.69%12.81%
$35,000 to $49,9991,188 14.84%16.53%
$50,000 to $74,9991,412 17.64%19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999957 11.96%10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999951 11.88%7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999229 2.86%2.2%
$200,000 or more325 4.06%2.37%
Median household income (dollars)47,395  41,994


The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.