2024 population: 1,092,956 ( 67,255 from 2020)
Land area: 10070.8 square miles
Population density: 108.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	635,714	58.16%	5.5%
Black:	300,821	27.52%	3.5%
Indian:	3,065	0.28%	9.3%
Asian:	22,825	2.09%	23.9%
2+ races:	23,935	2.19%	17.7%
Hispanic:	106,596	9.75%	17.6%

Total non-White:	457,242	41.84%	8.1%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	53,423	13.0
Deaths:	48,310	11.8
Net Migration:	50,044	12.2
Net Immigration:	11,202	2.7

Change in White population:	32,862	3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,393	3.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
1,025,701
602,852	58.77%
290,620	28.33%
2,804	0.27%
18,429	1.80%
20,338	1.98%
90,658	8.84%
422,849	41.23%

2010
935,188
565,949	60.52%
269,879	28.86%
2,226	0.24%
13,467	1.44%
14,498	1.55%
67,882	7.26%
369,239	39.48%

2000
790,723
492,864	62.33%
246,485	31.17%
1,826	0.23%
8,128	1.03%
7,725	0.98%
32,891	4.16%
297,859	37.67%

1990
658,233
433,667	65.88%
207,007	31.45%
1,691	0.26%
5,217	0.79%
n/a
10,651	1.62%
224,566	34.12%

1980
576,271
376,186	65.28%
187,264	32.50%
721	0.13%
3,230	0.56%
n/a
8,475	1.47%
200,085	34.72%

1970
484,318
321,503	66.38%
157,900	32.60%
315	0.07%
770	0.16%
n/a
3,305	0.68%
162,815	33.62%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
121,499	13.0
77,472	8.3
32,275	3.5
13,849	1.5

36,903	3.9
53,610	5.7

Number	Rate
2000's
121,943	15.4
67,010	8.5
55,098	7.0
12,238	1.5

73,085	9.2
71,380	9.0

Number	Rate
1990's
119,239	18.1
61,710	9.4
26,190	4.0
4,919	0.7

59,197	9.0
73,293	11.1

Number	Rate
1980's
112,825	19.6
52,788	9.2
27,616	4.8
n/a

57,481	10.0
24,481	4.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
33,427	6.9
n/a

54,683	11.3
37,270	7.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.2
216,209	10.2%
1,902,448	89.8%
171,517	8.1%

373,326
2.54

245,091	65.7%
176,546	72.0%
28,415	11.6%
128,235	34.3%

2010
Number	Percent
35.2
225,531	24.1%
709,657	75.9%
121,529	13.0%

351,139
2.55

238,921	68.0%
168,800	70.7%
31,377	13.1%
112,218	32.0%

2000
Number	Percent
33.4
206,720	26.1%
584,003	73.9%
91,698	11.6%

290,462
2.60

206,358	71.0%
154,505	74.9%
24,386	11.8%
84,104	29.0%

1990
Number	Percent
30.6
180,936	27.5%
477,297	72.5%
74,976	11.4%

233,019
2.69

172,851	74.2%
133,123	77.0%
19,300	11.2%
60,168	25.8%

1980
Number	Percent
27.7
176,985	30.7%
399,286	69.3%
56,929	9.9%

189,908
2.89

147,215	77.5%
118,406	80.4%
13,837	9.4%
42,693	22.5%

2022 Housing Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	22,272	6.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,107	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	14,082	3.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	16,346	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	17,473	4.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,551	3.9%
$35,000 to $39,999	15,732	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	14,496	3.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	15,201	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	28,762	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	37,851	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	49,643	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	34,524	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	24,160	6.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	25,787	6.9%
$200,000 or more	27,339	7.3%

Median Household Income	65,444
Per Capita Income	35,584

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	86

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	20,738	5.6%
Public Assistance	5,366	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	46,976	12.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	365,315	64.2%
Unemployed	23,724	4.2%
In Armed Forces	16,782	3.0%

Total Labor Force	405,821	71.3%
Not in Labor Force	162,974	28.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	153,805	133,931	53.5%
Non-Profit	9,997	16,526	37.7%
Self-Employed	29,041	17,449	62.5%

Local Government	12,725	18,949	40.2%
State Government	8,018	14,653	35.4%
Federal Government	6,614	6,336	51.1%

Total Private + Self	182,846	151,380	54.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	37,354	56,464	39.8%
Total	220,200	207,844	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	15.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	58,805	13.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	89,572	20.9%
Professional, Technical	91,866	21.4%
Service Occupations	79,833	18.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	3,910	0.9%
All others	108,904	25.4%

White Collar		56.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	54,660	12.7%
Health care and social assistance	53,953	12.6%
Educational services	40,952	9.5%
Accommodation and food services	40,215	9.4%
Manufacturing	39,795	9.3%
Construction	30,455	7.1%
Transportation and warehousing	27,533	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	23,659	5.5%
Public administration	21,217	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	20,922	4.9%
Other services	19,210	4.5%
Finance and insurance	12,758	3.0%
Wholesale trade	8,295	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	8,201	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	7,931	1.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,524	1.8%
Information	6,317	1.5%
Utilities	4,594	1.1%
Management	471	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	318	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	43,103	4.36%
Puerto Rican	17,079	1.73%
Cuban	4,103	0.42%
Dominican	1,550	0.16%

Total Central American	8,858	0.90%
Costa Rican	575	0.06%
Guatemalan	2,007	0.20%
Honduran	3,881	0.39%
Nicaraguan	503	0.05%
Panamanian	959	0.10%
Salvadoran	924	0.09%
Other Central American	9	0.00%

Total South American	4,431	0.45%
Argentinean	726	0.07%
Bolivian	195	0.02%
Chilean	108	0.01%
Colombian	1,689	0.17%
Ecuadorian	204	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	480	0.05%
Uruguayan	136	0.01%
Venezuelan	549	0.06%
Other South American	344	0.03%

Other Hispanic	5,403	0.55%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	3,261	0.33%
Indian	3,230	0.33%
Vietnamese	2,738	0.28%
Filipino	2,583	0.26%
Korean	1,403	0.14%
Japanese	970	0.10%
Thai	432	0.04%
Burmese	363	0.04%
Laotian	290	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	840,700	90.5%
Spanish	59,649	6.4%
Other Indo-European	5,597	0.6%
German, other Germanic	4,506	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,994	0.3%
Other	2,891	0.3%
Chinese	2,777	0.3%
Other Asian	2,766	0.3%
Vietnamese	2,629	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	92,558	9.4%
Irish	89,328	9.0%
German	82,219	8.3%
American	70,753	7.2%
Italian	31,568	3.2%
Scottish	18,410	1.9%
French	15,696	1.6%
European	15,035	1.5%
Polish	12,714	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	10,069	1.0%
Dutch	6,858	0.7%
African	6,366	0.6%
Swedish	5,624	0.6%
British	5,146	0.5%
Welsh	4,572	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	954,604	96.7%
Not a citizen	33,062	3.3%

Native	928,361	94.0%
Foreign-born	59,305	6.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
21,119	3.2%	48,129	7.3%	191,891	29.0%	200,881	30.4%	119,652	18.1%	79,358	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	21,119	3.2%
9-12 Years	48,129	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	191,891	29.0%
Some College	200,881	30.4%
Bach. Degree	119,652	18.1%
Grad Degree	79,358	12.0%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	272,725	258,809	13,916	5.1%
1991	276,422	262,330	14,092	5.1%
1992	285,666	266,564	19,102	6.7%
1993	288,496	270,099	18,397	6.4%
1994	294,096	276,958	17,138	5.8%
1995	300,723	285,126	15,597	5.2%
1996	308,273	292,019	16,254	5.3%
1997	319,719	303,643	16,076	5.0%
1998	322,286	306,740	15,546	4.8%
1999	326,506	312,162	14,344	4.4%

2000	335,999	322,651	13,348	4.0%
2001	336,212	321,593	14,619	4.3%
2002	346,723	328,930	17,793	5.1%
2003	356,338	338,101	18,237	5.1%
2004	369,125	350,052	19,073	5.2%
2005	382,878	362,329	20,549	5.4%
2006	394,921	375,550	19,371	4.9%
2007	404,618	385,668	18,950	4.7%
2008	408,742	382,618	26,124	6.4%
2009	405,096	366,437	38,659	9.5%

2010	400,153	359,689	40,464	10.1%
2011	402,738	362,364	40,374	10.0%
2012	405,626	369,026	36,600	9.0%
2013	406,366	373,458	32,908	8.1%
2014	407,491	378,508	28,983	7.1%
2015	408,331	383,479	24,852	6.1%
2016	419,969	397,169	22,800	5.4%
2017	431,632	411,538	20,094	4.7%
2018	435,968	419,192	16,776	3.8%
2019	442,425	427,473	14,952	3.4%

2020	438,464	411,286	27,178	6.2%
2021	445,878	428,895	16,983	3.8%
2022	448,635	434,763	13,872	3.1%
2023	456,298	442,561	13,737	3.0%
2024	462,093	445,922	16,171	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	442,975
Median Value	$240,719

Occupied	373,326	84.3%
Vacant	69,649	15.7%

Owned	241,673	64.7%
Rented	131,653	35.3%
Median Rent	$1,155

Single-Family Units	288,637	65.2%
Detached	273,191	61.7%
Attached	15,446	3.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	57,507	13.0%
Mobile Homes	65,012	14.7%

Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Savannah, GA-SC Market Area