Georgia Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Georgia (U.S. state abbreviation is 'GA') is the 24th largest by area, 8th most populous and south western US state. Georgia population in 2024 is estimated to be 11.09 million, It is eight largest as per US States by population, bordered by Alabama to the west, South Carolina to the east, Florida to the south, Atlantic ocean to the southeast and Tennessee to the north. Georgia is gaining population and increased by 296,837 people since from the last census of 2020. Founded in 1733 as a British colony, Named after King George II of Great Britain, became a British royal colony in 1752. Georgia Colony covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana. In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. It has an area of 59,425 sq miles (153,909 sq km) listed as 24th in area rank, and density is 165 people per sq miles. Atlanta is the most populous and capital city of Georgia, currently it is the most dangerous city in the us. Other cities include Columbus, Roswell. Eastman, Garden City, LaGrange, College Park and Fitzgerald are the most dangerous cities in Georgia State. The cheapest cigarette tax in the US is by the Georgia Government.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Georgia
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Georgia

The population of Georgia in 2010 is 9.7 million, the recorded change is from 0.9 to 1.02 till 2012. By 2013 registered with 9.97 million the population decreased to 0.73% change and again started increasing to 0.96 in 2014 with 10.06 million and steadily increasing more than 1% change. As on 2018 Georgia state has 10.5 million residents with a change of 1.02 compared to 10.4 million population in 2017. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, GA population in 2020 is 10,711,908. Georgia population in 2023 is estimated to be 11 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 10.91 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 10.7 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	9,711,810
2011	9,801,578	0.92
2012	9,901,496	1.02
2013	9,973,326	0.73
2014	10,069,001	0.96
2015	10,181,111	1.11
2016	10,304,763	1.21
2017	10,413,055	1.05
2018	10,519,475	1.02
2019	10,622,566	0.98
2020	10,711,908	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	10,799,566	0.82
2022*	10,920,521	1.12
2023*	11,094,157	1.59

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Georgia Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Georgia by race are:

White Population

White population in Georgia are 6,061,821, percentage wise 59.42 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Georgia are 3,195,268, percentage wise 31.32 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Georgia, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Georgia are 388,946, percentage wise 3.81 percent are asians, out of these 130,763 are Asian Indians, 58,147 are Chinese, 21,832 are Filipinos, 8,943 are Japanese, 54,951 are Korean, 54,116 are Vietnamese and 60,194 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Georgia are 950,380. Percentage wise 9.32 percent are hispanics, out of these 556,633 are Mexican people, 93,138 are Puerto Ricans, 32,065 are Cubans, and 268,544 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 5,237 people, out of which 1,434 belongs to Native Hawaiian, 966 are Guamanian or Chamorro and 1,187 are Samoan race.

Total Population	10,201,635	Percent
White	6,061,821	59.42%
Black or African American	3,195,268	31.32%
American Indian and Alaska Native	30,552	0.299%
Cherokee tribal grouping	6,653	0.065%
Chippewa tribal grouping	351	0.003%
Navajo tribal grouping	353	0.003%
Sioux tribal grouping	512	0.005%
Asian Population	388,946	3.81%
Asian Indian	130,763	1.28%
Chinese	58,147	0.57%
Filipino	21,832	0.21%
Japanese	8,943	0.09%
Korean	54,951	0.54%
Vietnamese	54,116	0.53%
Other Asian Population	60,194
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5,237	0.05%
Native Hawaiian	1,434	0.014%
Guamanian or Chamorro	966	0.009%
Samoan	1,187	0.012%
Other Pacific Islander	1,650
Some other race	282,570
Hispanic or Latino	950,380	9.32%
Mexican	556,633	5.46%
Puerto Rican	93,138	0.91%
Cuban	32,065	0.31%
Other Hispanic or Latino	268,544

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Georgia

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Atlanta	498,044
2	Augusta-Richmond County	196,939
3	Columbus, Georgia	194,160
4	Macon-Bibb County	153,095
5	Savannah	145,862
6	Athens-Clarke County	125,964
7	Sandy Springs	108,797
8	South Fulton	97,277
9	Roswell	94,650
10	Johns Creek	84,310
11	Warner Robins	75,797
12	Albany	75,249
13	Alpharetta	66,255
14	Marietta	60,806
15	Smyrna	56,706
16	Valdosta	56,426
17	Stonecrest	54,522
18	Brookhaven	54,145

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Georgia Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Georgia by age is 10,201,635, out of these 4,968,887 are male, 5,232,748 are female, The sex ratio of Georgia is 950. The Georgia population by age are, under 15 years is 2,072,611, 15 years and over is 8,129,024, 30 years and over is 5,981,795, 65 years and over is 1,300,430 and 85 years and over is 129,419. 48.71 percent are male, 51.29 percent are female, 20.32 percent are under 15 years old, 79.68 percent are 15 years and over, 58.64 percent are 30 years and over, 12.75 percent are 65 years and over, 1.27 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in GA

English is the official language of Georgia state, 86.13% speak english at home, 8% speak Spanish, 2.57% speak European language and 2.33% speak Asian languages natively.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	8,220,677	86.13
Spanish Language	763,901	8.00
European Language	244,989	2.57
Asian Languages	222,170	2.33
Other Languages	92,470	0.97

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Georgia Education

Georgia stats of primary and high education in the state as on 2017.

Population 18 to 24 years		1,008,606	516,314	492,292
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	163,945	96,169	67,776
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	320,471	177,169	143,302
	Some college or associates degree	436,649	207,492	229,157
	Bachelors degree or higher	87,541	35,484	52,057
Population 25 years and over		6,693,826	3,179,910	3,513,916
	Less than 9th grade	336,288	176,079	160,209
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	583,369	302,199	281,170
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,877,212	930,768	946,444
	Some college, no degree	1,390,995	635,820	755,175
	Associates degree	502,431	205,833	296,598
	Bachelors degree	1,241,995	586,121	655,874
	Graduate or professional degree	761,536	343,090	418,446

White		3,876,498	1,873,396	2,003,102
	High school graduate or higher	3,483,968	1,671,288	1,812,680
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,304,786	638,146	666,640
Black or African		1,981,471	885,328	1,096,143
	High school graduate or higher	1,691,345	738,289	953,056
	Bachelors degree or higher	448,540	169,314	279,226
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		19,799	9,834	9,965
	High school graduate or higher	14,590	6,904	7,686
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,263	2,079	2,184
Asian		262,112	122,099	140,013
	High school graduate or higher	225,963	107,960	118,003
	Bachelors degree or higher	140,476	70,654	69,822
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		3,380	1,670	1,710
	High school graduate or higher	2,877	1,431	1,446
	Bachelors degree or higher	629	351	278
Hispanic or Latino Origin		493,513	262,974	230,539
	High school graduate or higher	297,997	149,743	148,254
	Bachelors degree or higher	78,984	37,528	41,456

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below table shows the disability statistics of Georgia as on 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	1,237,621
Male	582,333
Female	655,288
	-
White	779,964
Black or African American	392,045
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	5,017
Asian	20,663
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	680
Some other race	13,944
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	323,776
With a vision difficulty	258,789
With a cognitive difficulty	468,574
With an ambulatory difficulty	664,943
With a self-care difficulty	240,453
With an independent living difficulty	429,470

Counties of Georgia

Georgia state has divided into 159 counties. Fulton County is located in north central of Georgia and 90% of Atlanta City lies in Fulton County and is around 1 million, followed by Gwinnett County with 927,781, Cobb County with 756,86, 5DeKalb County with 756,558, Clayton County with 289,615 people.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Appling County	18,438	18,507	0.4	97	99
Atkinson County	8,215	8,297	1	139	138
Bacon County	11,236	11,185	-0.5	120	120
Baker County	3,180	3,092	-2.8	154	154
Baldwin County	44,921	44,823	-0.2	44	45
Banks County	18,638	18,988	1.9	95	95
Barrow County	78,843	80,809	2.5	31	31
Bartow County	104,981	106,408	1.4	24	24
Ben Hill County	17,001	16,787	-1.3	102	103
Berrien County	19,113	19,252	0.7	91	91
Bibb County	152,892	153,095	0.1	15	16
Bleckley County	12,775	12,838	0.5	116	116
Brantley County	18,767	18,897	0.7	94	96
Brooks County	15,648	15,513	-0.9	106	106
Bryan County	37,019	38,109	2.9	52	52
Bulloch County	76,084	77,296	1.6	32	32
Burke County	22,518	22,423	-0.4	81	82
Butts County	24,042	24,193	0.6	77	77
Calhoun County	6,399	6,352	-0.7	147	147
Camden County	53,067	53,677	1.1	41	41
Candler County	10,725	10,836	1	123	122
Carroll County	117,458	118,121	0.6	20	20
Catoosa County	66,503	67,420	1.4	36	36
Charlton County	12,822	12,968	1.1	115	115
Chatham County	289,260	289,195	0	5	6
Chattahoochee County	10,285	10,684	3.9	126	124
Chattooga County	24,716	24,790	0.3	75	75
Cherokee County	247,894	254,149	2.5	7	7
Clarke County	126,820	127,330	0.4	19	19
Clay County	2,962	2,887	-2.5	156	156
Clayton County	284,534	289,615	1.8	6	5
Clinch County	6,684	6,648	-0.5	146	146
Cobb County	752,783	756,865	0.5	3	3
Coffee County	42,885	43,093	0.5	47	47
Colquitt County	45,543	45,592	0.1	43	43
Columbia County	151,642	154,291	1.7	16	15
Cook County	17,230	17,162	-0.4	100	101
Coweta County	143,050	145,864	2	18	17
Crawford County	12,295	12,318	0.2	117	117
Crisp County	22,723	22,601	-0.5	80	81
Dade County	16,249	16,226	-0.1	104	104
Dawson County	24,324	25,083	3.1	76	74
Decatur County	26,674	26,575	-0.4	68	68
DeKalb County	752,088	756,558	0.6	4	4
Dodge County	20,741	20,705	-0.2	87	87
Dooly County	13,690	13,706	0.1	113	113
Dougherty County	89,417	91,243	2	29	28
Douglas County	143,672	145,331	1.2	17	18
Early County	10,304	10,247	-0.6	125	126
Echols County	3,933	4,000	1.7	153	153
Effingham County	60,058	62,190	3.5	39	38
Elbert County	19,108	19,120	0.1	92	92
Emanuel County	22,501	22,612	0.5	82	80
Evans County	10,756	10,721	-0.3	122	123
Fannin County	25,336	25,964	2.5	73	72
Fayette County	112,629	113,459	0.7	22	22
Floyd County	97,427	97,927	0.5	26	26
Forsyth County	228,588	236,612	3.5	8	8
Franklin County	22,815	23,023	0.9	79	79
Fulton County	1,038,884	1,050,114	1.1	1	1
Gilmer County	30,409	30,816	1.3	57	57
Glascock County	3,050	2,995	-1.8	155	155
Glynn County	84,859	85,219	0.4	30	30
Gordon County	57,187	57,685	0.9	40	40
Grady County	24,749	24,748	0	74	76
Greene County	17,220	17,698	2.8	101	100
Gwinnett County	918,153	927,781	1	2	2
Habersham County	44,547	45,388	1.9	46	44
Hall County	199,439	202,148	1.4	11	10
Hancock County	8,545	8,348	-2.3	135	136
Haralson County	29,231	29,533	1	63	63
Harris County	33,943	34,475	1.6	54	54
Hart County	25,756	26,099	1.3	71	70
Heard County	11,759	11,879	1	118	118
Henry County	225,508	230,220	2.1	9	9
Houston County	153,138	155,469	1.5	14	14
Irwin County	9,383	9,398	0.2	129	129
Jackson County	67,716	70,422	4	35	33
Jasper County	13,886	14,040	1.1	112	111
Jeff Davis County	15,013	15,029	0.1	108	109
Jefferson County	15,613	15,430	-1.2	107	107
Jenkins County	8,774	8,683	-1	133	133
Johnson County	9,760	9,708	-0.5	128	128
Jones County	28,453	28,616	0.6	64	64
Lamar County	18,636	19,000	2	96	93
Lanier County	10,433	10,340	-0.9	124	125
Laurens County	47,353	47,325	-0.1	42	42
Lee County	29,443	29,764	1.1	61	60
Liberty County	61,745	61,497	-0.4	38	39
Lincoln County	7,861	7,915	0.7	143	141
Long County	18,773	18,998	1.2	93	94
Lowndes County	115,389	116,321	0.8	21	21
Lumpkin County	32,822	32,955	0.4	55	55
McDuffie County	21,497	21,531	0.2	85	85
McIntosh County	14,102	14,340	1.7	110	110
Macon County	13,251	13,143	-0.8	114	114
Madison County	29,277	29,650	1.3	62	62
Marion County	8,414	8,351	-0.7	136	135
Meriwether County	21,031	21,068	0.2	86	86
Miller County	5,833	5,686	-2.5	150	150
Mitchell County	22,333	22,192	-0.6	83	83
Monroe County	27,181	27,520	1.2	65	65
Montgomery County	9,068	9,193	1.4	130	130
Morgan County	18,381	18,853	2.6	98	97
Murray County	39,809	39,921	0.3	50	50
Muscogee County	193,766	194,160	0.2	12	12
Newton County	107,935	109,541	1.5	23	23
Oconee County	38,012	39,272	3.3	51	51
Oglethorpe County	14,888	15,054	1.1	109	108
Paulding County	159,552	164,044	2.8	13	13
Peach County	26,881	27,297	1.5	67	66
Pickens County	31,526	31,980	1.4	56	56
Pierce County	19,219	19,389	0.9	90	90
Pike County	18,206	18,634	2.4	99	98
Polk County	41,910	42,470	1.3	48	48
Pulaski County	11,208	11,069	-1.2	121	121
Putnam County	21,706	21,809	0.5	84	84
Quitman County	2,348	2,279	-2.9	158	158
Rabun County	16,557	16,867	1.9	103	102
Randolph County	6,991	6,833	-2.3	144	144
Richmond County	201,460	201,554	0	10	11
Rockdale County	89,866	90,594	0.8	28	29
Schley County	5,254	5,236	-0.3	152	152
Screven County	13,959	13,938	-0.2	111	112
Seminole County	8,287	8,315	0.3	137	137
Spalding County	65,403	66,100	1.1	37	37
Stephens County	25,785	26,035	1	70	71
Stewart County	6,179	6,199	0.3	149	149
Sumter County	29,817	29,733	-0.3	58	61
Talbot County	6,257	6,272	0.2	148	148
Taliaferro County	1,622	1,608	-0.9	159	159
Tattnall County	25,353	25,391	0.1	72	73
Taylor County	8,114	8,039	-0.9	140	140
Telfair County	15,890	15,876	-0.1	105	105
Terrell County	8,717	8,611	-1.2	134	134
Thomas County	44,662	44,448	-0.5	45	46
Tift County	40,438	40,571	0.3	49	49
Toombs County	26,896	26,887	0	66	67
Towns County	11,539	11,852	2.7	119	119
Treutlen County	6,760	6,809	0.7	145	145
Troup County	70,038	70,034	0	33	34
Turner County	7,915	7,912	0	142	142
Twiggs County	8,260	8,188	-0.9	138	139
Union County	23,427	24,001	2.5	78	78
Upson County	26,197	26,215	0.1	69	69
Walker County	69,027	69,410	0.6	34	35
Walton County	91,406	93,503	2.3	27	27
Ware County	35,728	35,680	-0.1	53	53
Warren County	5,292	5,251	-0.8	151	151
Washington County	20,294	20,386	0.5	89	88
Wayne County	29,760	29,808	0.2	59	59
Webster County	2,596	2,611	0.6	157	157
Wheeler County	7,952	7,879	-0.9	141	143
White County	29,455	29,970	1.7	60	58
Whitfield County	104,063	104,062	0	25	25
Wilcox County	8,794	8,812	0.2	132	132
Wilkes County	9,877	9,876	0	127	127
Wilkinson County	8,967	9,036	0.8	131	131
Worth County	20,536	20,299	-1.2	88	89