Valdosta, Georgia demographics

Valdosta, GA demographics: median age 28.9; 28.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Valdosta city, Georgia · Incorporated city · GEOID 1378800. The survey estimates a population of 55,252 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Valdosta is 28.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.0 years. There are 22,532 households (±669). 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	28.9 ±1.0	37.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 55,252
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Under 18	12,510 ±873	22.6% ±1.6 pp	23.2%	22.0%
18–34	19,870 ±1,142	36.0% ±2.1 pp	23.3%	22.8%
35–64	15,024 ±881	27.2% ±1.6 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	7,848 ±647	14.2% ±1.2 pp	15.0%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 55,252
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Male	25,146 ±596	45.5% ±1.1 pp	48.8%	49.5%
Female	30,106 ±605	54.5% ±1.1 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: 55,252
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
White alone	20,034 ±1,011	36.3% ±1.8 pp	50.9%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	30,634 ±1,060	55.4% ±1.9 pp	31.1%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	54 ±57 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.9%
Asian alone	706 ±323	1.3% ±0.6 pp	4.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	84 ±101 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	741 ±372 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 pp · low precision	4.6%	7.1%
Two or more races	2,999 ±689	5.4% ±1.2 pp	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 55,252
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	52,175 ±580	94.4% ±1.0 pp	89.0%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,077 ±576	5.6% ±1.0 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: 22,532
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Married-couple family	6,407 ±583	28.4% ±2.4 pp	46.5%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	728 ±289	3.2% ±1.3 pp	4.9%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,194 ±451	18.6% ±1.9 pp	14.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	8,847 ±719	39.3% ±3.0 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,356 ±490	10.5% ±2.2 pp	6.1%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 22,532
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Households with people under 18	6,186 ±519	27.5% ±2.2 pp	31.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	16,346 ±709	72.5% ±2.3 pp	68.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 22,532
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	8,847 ±719	39.3% ±3.0 pp	27.7%	28.7%
Two-person households	6,506 ±742	28.9% ±3.2 pp	33.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,230 ±608	14.3% ±2.7 pp	16.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,266 ±432	10.1% ±1.9 pp	12.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,159 ±300	5.1% ±1.3 pp	6.1%	5.9%
Six-person households	352 ±184 · low precision	1.6% ±0.8 pp · low precision	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	172 ±92 · low precision	0.8% ±0.4 pp · low precision	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: 55,252
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Native	53,153 ±497	96.2% ±0.9 pp	88.8%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,099 ±487	3.8% ±0.9 pp	11.2%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 51,830
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
English only	48,744 ±668	94.0% ±1.1 pp	84.5%	77.7%
Spanish	1,942 ±430	3.7% ±0.8 pp	8.6%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	249 ±147 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	176 ±98 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	29 ±45 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	251 ±210 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.6%	2.0%
Korean	263 ±162 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	28 ±38 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±34 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	10 ±17 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	48 ±59 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	11 ±36 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	79 ±93 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	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: 31,263
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,536 ±548	11.3% ±1.7 pp	10.8%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	9,897 ±855	31.7% ±2.6 pp	26.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	6,334 ±797	20.3% ±2.5 pp	19.2%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,638 ±448	8.4% ±1.4 pp	8.4%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,964 ±601	15.9% ±1.9 pp	21.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,894 ±474	12.5% ±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: 54,436
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Georgia	U.S.
Same house	45,705 ±1,295	84.0% ±2.3 pp	87.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	4,179 ±747	7.7% ±1.4 pp	5.3%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,022 ±743	5.6% ±1.4 pp	4.4%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,384 ±417	2.5% ±0.8 pp	2.7%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	146 ±121 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	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

16.8% of Valdosta residents (±2.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 12.4% in Georgia and 8.4% nationally. 80.8% 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	Valdosta	Georgia	U.S.	Compared with Georgia
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	16.8% ±2.1 pp	12.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	80.8% ±2.6 pp	91.0%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.3% ±1.1 pp	7.2%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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