Atlanta, GA (Georgia) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 416,629 (Urban population: 416,604, Rural population: 25 (all nonfarm))

Atlanta, Georgia Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 186,998 (168,242 occupied: 73,475 owner occupied, 94,767 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	56%
State:	33%

Housing density: 1419 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $218,500 (lower quartile is $133,000, upper quartile is $424,200)

Median contract rent in 2005: $638 (lower quartile is $441, upper quartile is $831)

Housing units in Atlanta with a mortgage: 44,875 (5,483 second mortgage, 5,953 home equity loan, 261 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16,333

Median year house/condo built: 1959

Median year apartment built: 1968

Household type by relationship

Households: 387,560

In family households: 278,357 (41,654 male householders, 42,825 female householders)
42,501 spouses, 103,515 children (97,735 natural, 2,446 adopted, 3,334 stepchildren), 16,277 grandchildren, 7,771 brothers or sisters, 3,143 parents, 9,771 other relatives, 10,900 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 109,203 (41,892 male householders (30,038 living alone)), 41,970 female householders (34,598 living alone)), 25,341 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 29,069 (8,835 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 33,230 2-persons, 20,906 3-persons, 15,174 4-persons, 7,926 5-persons, 3,983 6-persons, 3,260 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 64,636 1-person, 15,795 2-persons, 2,342 3-persons, 597 4-persons, 225 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 140 7-or-more-persons.

28,862 married couples with children.
44,009 single-parent households (4,109 men, 39,900 women).

89.2% of residents of Atlanta speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 27,352 (6.6%)
(24.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.2

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	4.2

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Atlanta, Georgia:

1 room: 318
2 rooms: 1,509
3 rooms: 3,494
4 rooms: 5,887
5 rooms: 14,396
6 rooms: 17,529
7 rooms: 11,597
8 rooms: 7,804
9 or more rooms: 10,941

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Atlanta, Georgia:

1 room: 6,325
2 rooms: 12,952
3 rooms: 23,416
4 rooms: 24,687
5 rooms: 15,288
6 rooms: 7,065
7 rooms: 2,776
8 rooms: 1,274
9 or more rooms: 984

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3,436
1995 to 1998: 8,893
1990 to 1994: 8,570
1980 to 1989: 17,182
1970 to 1979: 25,805
1960 to 1969: 38,430
1950 to 1959: 33,283
1940 to 1949: 20,019
1939 or earlier: 31,380

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Atlanta:

no bedroom: 523
1 bedroom: 4,695
2 bedrooms: 22,230
3 bedrooms: 30,265
4 bedrooms: 11,712
5 or more bedrooms: 4,050

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Atlanta:

no bedroom: 7,925
1 bedroom: 35,308
2 bedrooms: 35,660
3 bedrooms: 12,369
4 bedrooms: 2,669
5 or more bedrooms: 836

Cars and other vehicles available in Atlanta in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 6,560
1 vehicle: 27,726
2 vehicles: 28,050
3 vehicles: 8,611
4 vehicles: 1,980
5 or more vehicles: 548

Cars and other vehicles available in Atlanta in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 33,118
1 vehicle: 43,550
2 vehicles: 14,431
3 vehicles: 2,586
4 vehicles: 622
5 or more vehicles: 460

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Atlanta, GA:

Less than $10,000: 182
$10,000 to $14,999: 161
$15,000 to $19,999: 275
$20,000 to $24,999: 236
$25,000 to $29,999: 336
$30,000 to $34,999: 501
$35,000 to $39,999: 900
$40,000 to $49,999: 2654
$50,000 to $59,999: 3787
$60,000 to $69,999: 4819
$70,000 to $79,999: 4700
$80,000 to $89,999: 4894
$90,000 to $99,999: 3299
$100,000 to $124,999: 3280
$125,000 to $149,999: 2603
$150,000 to $174,999: 2747
$175,000 to $199,999: 2353
$200,000 to $249,999: 3856
$250,000 to $299,999: 3514
$300,000 to $399,999: 5639
$400,000 to $499,999: 3327
$500,000 to $749,999: 3717
$750,000 to $999,999: 1831
$1,000,000 or more: 1597

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Atlanta:

Less than $100: 5105
$100 to $149: 4730
$150 to $199: 3865
$200 to $249: 3628
$250 to $299: 3155
$300 to $349: 4880
$350 to $399: 5764
$400 to $449: 5440
$450 to $499: 6814
$500 to $549: 7482
$550 to $599: 6105
$600 to $649: 4958
$650 to $699: 4036
$700 to $749: 3784
$750 to $799: 3311
$800 to $899: 5577
$900 to $999: 3832
$1,000 to $1,249: 4962
$1,250 to $1,499: 2205
$1,500 to $1,999: 1754
$2,000 or more: 823
No cash rent: 2367

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 13,461
1990 to 1994: 4,865
1985 to 1989: 2,689
1980 to 1984: 1,849
1975 to 1979: 1,462
1970 to 1974: 973
1970 to 1974: 689
1965 to 1969: 1,364

Atlanta, GA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 69.5%
Number of people working at home: 6,741 (3.8% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 3127
5 to 9 minutes: 13151
10 to 14 minutes: 22147
15 to 19 minutes: 30037
20 to 24 minutes: 28757
25 to 29 minutes: 10372
30 to 34 minutes: 26823
35 to 39 minutes: 4267
40 to 44 minutes: 4859
45 to 59 minutes: 11502
60 to 89 minutes: 10061
90 or more minutes: 7126

Atlanta mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 114,560 (64%)
Carpooled: 22,181 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 20,502 (11%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 110 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 5,438 (3%)
Railroad: 310 (0%)
Ferryboat: 59 (0%)
Taxi: 474 (0%)
Motorcycle: 206 (0%)
Bicycle: 562 (0%)
Walked: 6,261 (3%)
Other means: 1,566 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,741 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 28669
$10,000 to $14,999: 12267
$15,000 to $19,999: 11944
$20,000 to $24,999: 11247
$25,000 to $29,999: 10431
$30,000 to $34,999: 9972
$35,000 to $39,999: 8214
$40,000 to $44,999: 7413
$45,000 to $49,999: 6077
$50,000 to $59,999: 11344
$60,000 to $74,999: 12475
$75,000 to $99,999: 12859
$100,000 to $124,999: 7906
$125,000 to $149,999: 4492
$150,000 to $199,999: 4475
$200,000 or more: 8556

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 215619
English: 18683
Irish: 12750
United States or American: 12412
German: 12076
Subsaharan African:: 7600
African: 5473
Italian: 5345
Scotch-Irish: 4919
Scottish: 4670
European: 2945
French (except Basque): 2873
Russian: 2458
Polish: 2284
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2259
British: 1846
Swedish: 1145
Dutch: 1145
Jamaican: 1125
Welsh: 882
Norwegian: 837
Arab:: 828
Greek: 776
Nigerian: 615
French Canadian: 600
Ethiopian: 580
Hungarian: 536
Haitian: 456
Eastern European: 452
Danish: 412
Canadian: 411
Lithuanian: 391
Swiss: 387
Lebanese: 355
Ukrainian: 334
Czech: 302
Austrian: 300
Northern European: 265
Sudanese: 230
Belgian: 200
Armenian: 195
Other Subsaharan African: 186
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 184
Iranian: 178
Czechoslovakian: 173
Ghanian: 166
Turkish: 161
Finnish: 155
West Indian: 154
Portuguese: 151
Yugoslavian: 135
Croatian: 127
Brazilian: 117
Slovak: 109
Scandinavian: 106
Romanian: 98
Moroccan: 95
South African: 92
Other Arab: 90
Australian: 84
British West Indian: 83
Iraqi: 80
Celtic: 80
Egyptian: 79
U.S. Virgin Islander: 76
Liberian: 75
Acadian/Cajun: 73
Guyanese: 69
Serbian: 66
Israeli: 65
Bahamian: 65
Latvian: 59
Somalian: 58
Syrian: 58
Barbadian: 57
Sierra Leonean: 50
Bermudan: 50
Arab/Arabic: 42
Slovene: 38
Slavic: 38
Cape Verdean: 33
Icelander: 31
Palestinian: 29
Afghan: 28
Senegalese: 25
Albanian: 23
Basque: 18
New Zealander: 16
Bulgarian: 16
German Russian: 13
Estonian: 13
Zairian: 13
Pennsylvania German: 12
Macedonian: 9
Other West Indian: 5
Belizean: 4
Kenyan: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (32%)
Vietnam (5%)
India (3%)
Jamaica (3%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Canada (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 243840
Northeast: 29365
Midwest: 26691
South: 76404
West: 9736

46% of Atlanta residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Georgia.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,258
Nursery to 4th grade: 974
5th and 6th grade: 2,432
7th and 8th grade: 3,695
9th grade: 3,403
10th grade: 5,748
11th grade: 4,681
12th grade, no diploma: 6,551
High school graduate (or equivalency): 29,069
Less than 1 year of college: 4,694
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 15,124
Associate degree: 4,516
Bachelor's degree: 28,704
Master's degree: 10,898
Professional school degree: 6,547
Doctorate degree: 2,262

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2,155
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,101
5th and 6th grade: 2,598
7th and 8th grade: 4,079
9th grade: 4,072
10th grade: 5,382
11th grade: 6,213
12th grade, no diploma: 6,610
High school graduate (or equivalency): 30,807
Less than 1 year of college: 7,389
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 16,662
Associate degree: 5,104
Bachelor's degree: 27,278
Master's degree: 12,127
Professional school degree: 3,489
Doctorate degree: 1,624

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 17.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 16.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 27.2%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 35.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 27.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 10.3%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 7.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 10.5%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $61,619
Black householders: $23,128
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $23,235
Asian householders: $37,759
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $24,886
Some other race householders: $35,057
Two or more races householders: $28,361
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $36,545

Atlanta household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Atlanta household income for Black or African American householders

Atlanta household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Atlanta household income for Asian householders

Atlanta household income for some other race householders

Atlanta household income for two or more races householders

Atlanta household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Atlanta marital status for males

Atlanta marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $323,500
Black or African American householders: $77,600
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $82,100
Asian householders: $207,700
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $112,500
Some other race householders: $129,400
Two or more races householders: $115,100
Hispanic or Latino householders: $142,000

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 79,803
One, attached: 7,362
Two: 7,871
3 or 4: 14,358
5 to 9: 19,496
10 to 19: 17,659
20 to 49: 9,796
50 or more: 29,723
Mobile homes: 810
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 120

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Atlanta:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (82%)
Electricity (17%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (58%)
Electricity (40%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4,072

Here:	9.4%
Georgia:	8.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,282

Here:	11.2%
Georgia:	8.5%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12,858

Here:	45.6%
Georgia:	22.9%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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