Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Georgia demographics

Athens-Clarke County (balance), GA demographics: median age 29.4; 47.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Georgia · Consolidated-government balance · GEOID 1303440. The survey estimates a population of 127,345 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is 29.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.2 years. There are 53,643 households (±492). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.4 ±0.2	37.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 127,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Under 18	21,137 ±900	16.6% ±0.7 pp	23.2%	22.0%
18–34	53,140 ±1,572	41.7% ±1.2 pp	23.3%	22.8%
35–64	37,310 ±1,190	29.3% ±0.9 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	15,758 ±799	12.4% ±0.6 pp	15.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 127,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Male	60,406 ±405	47.4% ±0.2 pp	48.8%	49.5%
Female	66,939 ±420	52.6% ±0.2 pp	51.2%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 127,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
White alone	72,082 ±1,288	56.6% ±1.0 pp	50.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	32,853 ±756	25.8% ±0.6 pp	31.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	664 ±418 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	5,446 ±285	4.3% ±0.2 pp	4.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	20 ±36 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,605 ±998	3.6% ±0.8 pp	4.6%	7.1%
Two or more races	11,675 ±1,331	9.2% ±1.0 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 127,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	112,197 ±582	88.1% ±0.2 pp	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15,148 ±106	11.9% ±0.1 pp	11.0%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,643
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Married-couple family	15,169 ±838	28.3% ±1.5 pp	46.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,491 ±446	4.6% ±0.8 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	6,645 ±656	12.4% ±1.2 pp	14.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	18,072 ±1,149	33.7% ±2.1 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	11,266 ±799	21.0% ±1.5 pp	6.1%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,643
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	10,514 ±815	19.6% ±1.5 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	43,129 ±938	80.4% ±1.6 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,643
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	18,072 ±1,149	33.7% ±2.1 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	18,616 ±1,181	34.7% ±2.2 pp	33.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	8,360 ±809	15.6% ±1.5 pp	16.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,554 ±620	10.4% ±1.2 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,312 ±478	4.3% ±0.9 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	434 ±163	0.8% ±0.3 pp	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	295 ±135	0.5% ±0.3 pp	1.4%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 127,345
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Native	114,485 ±1,070	89.9% ±0.7 pp	88.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	12,860 ±850	10.1% ±0.7 pp	11.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 121,432
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
English only	102,122 ±1,063	84.1% ±0.8 pp	84.5%	77.7%
Spanish	11,325 ±638	9.3% ±0.5 pp	8.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	549 ±188	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	545 ±191	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	580 ±209	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,484 ±349	1.2% ±0.3 pp	1.6%	2.0%
Korean	521 ±199	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,167 ±323	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	1.1%
Vietnamese	137 ±77 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	163 ±114 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,860 ±416	1.5% ±0.3 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	308 ±280 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	671 ±300	0.6% ±0.2 pp	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 72,935
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	7,629 ±964	10.5% ±1.3 pp	10.8%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	14,128 ±920	19.4% ±1.3 pp	26.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	12,024 ±997	16.5% ±1.4 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,647 ±553	6.4% ±0.8 pp	8.4%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	16,775 ±999	23.0% ±1.4 pp	21.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17,732 ±1,080	24.3% ±1.5 pp	13.9%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 126,043
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Same house	92,228 ±1,638	73.2% ±1.3 pp	87.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	14,696 ±1,311	11.7% ±1.0 pp	5.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	12,364 ±1,151	9.8% ±0.9 pp	4.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	5,368 ±722	4.3% ±0.6 pp	2.7%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,387 ±526	1.1% ±0.4 pp	0.5%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

11.3% of Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) residents (±0.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 12.4% in Georgia and 8.4% nationally. 92.6% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance)	Georgia	U.S.	Compared with Georgia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	11.3% ±0.9 pp	12.4%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.6% ±1.1 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.7% ±0.4 pp	7.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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