Atlanta, Georgia demographics

Atlanta, GA demographics: median age 34.2; 59.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Atlanta city, Georgia · Incorporated city · GEOID 1304000. The survey estimates a population of 505,268 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Atlanta is 34.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.3 years. There are 236,468 households (±2,330). 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	34.2 ±0.3	37.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 505,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Under 18	84,109 ±2,707	16.6% ±0.5 pp	23.2%	22.0%
18–34	176,730 ±3,437	35.0% ±0.7 pp	23.3%	22.8%
35–64	182,370 ±3,662	36.1% ±0.7 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	62,059 ±1,912	12.3% ±0.4 pp	15.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 505,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Male	247,558 ±2,506	49.0% ±0.5 pp	48.8%	49.5%
Female	257,710 ±2,518	51.0% ±0.5 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: 505,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
White alone	197,605 ±2,982	39.1% ±0.6 pp	50.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	232,193 ±3,023	46.0% ±0.6 pp	31.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,495 ±618	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	26,605 ±1,746	5.3% ±0.3 pp	4.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	202 ±152 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	11,027 ±1,599	2.2% ±0.3 pp	4.6%	7.1%
Two or more races	36,141 ±2,137	7.2% ±0.4 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 505,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	473,673 ±1,963	93.7% ±0.4 pp	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31,595 ±1,966	6.3% ±0.4 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: 236,468
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Married-couple family	58,770 ±1,825	24.9% ±0.7 pp	46.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	7,027 ±821	3.0% ±0.3 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	28,625 ±1,637	12.1% ±0.7 pp	14.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	111,987 ±3,030	47.4% ±1.2 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	30,059 ±1,716	12.7% ±0.7 pp	6.1%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 236,468
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	41,623 ±1,418	17.6% ±0.6 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	194,845 ±2,970	82.4% ±1.0 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 236,468
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	111,987 ±3,030	47.4% ±1.2 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	75,433 ±2,305	31.9% ±0.9 pp	33.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	24,369 ±1,341	10.3% ±0.6 pp	16.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	15,221 ±1,036	6.4% ±0.4 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	5,571 ±641	2.4% ±0.3 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	2,500 ±648	1.1% ±0.3 pp	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,387 ±378	0.6% ±0.2 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: 505,268
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Native	459,761 ±2,450	91.0% ±0.5 pp	88.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	45,507 ±2,441	9.0% ±0.5 pp	11.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 480,605
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
English only	422,125 ±3,087	87.8% ±0.6 pp	84.5%	77.7%
Spanish	22,212 ±1,872	4.6% ±0.4 pp	8.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	4,147 ±940	0.9% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	2,172 ±476	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,895 ±448	0.4% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	7,922 ±1,066	1.6% ±0.2 pp	1.6%	2.0%
Korean	2,892 ±716	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	5,527 ±920	1.2% ±0.2 pp	0.6%	1.1%
Vietnamese	767 ±331	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	545 ±235	0.1% ±0.0 pp	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,005 ±587	0.8% ±0.1 pp	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	743 ±227	0.2% ±0.0 pp	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	5,653 ±1,310	1.2% ±0.3 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: 355,043
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	23,456 ±1,617	6.6% ±0.5 pp	10.8%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	55,616 ±2,409	15.7% ±0.7 pp	26.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	47,964 ±2,486	13.5% ±0.7 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	17,766 ±1,498	5.0% ±0.4 pp	8.4%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	117,912 ±3,325	33.2% ±0.9 pp	21.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	92,329 ±2,897	26.0% ±0.8 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: 500,434
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Same house	393,880 ±4,049	78.7% ±0.8 pp	87.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	44,584 ±2,510	8.9% ±0.5 pp	5.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	32,743 ±2,192	6.5% ±0.4 pp	4.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	25,481 ±2,062	5.1% ±0.4 pp	2.7%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	3,746 ±661	0.7% ±0.1 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

10.1% of Atlanta residents (±0.6 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 12.4% in Georgia and 8.4% nationally. 91.7% 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	Atlanta	Georgia	U.S.	Compared with Georgia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.1% ±0.6 pp	12.4%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.7% ±0.7 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.9% ±0.3 pp	7.2%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Atlanta . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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