2024 population: 773,533 ( 25,774 from 2020)
Land area: 8288.8 square miles
Population density: 93.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	397,579	51.40%	1.4%
Black:	285,513	36.91%	2.4%
Indian:	2,702	0.35%	8.9%
Asian:	16,582	2.14%	15.9%
2+ races:	18,522	2.39%	16.1%
Hispanic:	52,635	6.80%	19.2%

Total non-White:	375,954	48.60%	5.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	37,764	12.6
Deaths:	38,962	13.0
Net Migration:	21,528	7.2
Net Immigration:	5,110	1.7

Change in White population:	5,495	0.7
Change in Non-White pop.:	20,279	2.7

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
747,759
392,084	52.43%
278,755	37.28%
2,482	0.33%
14,305	1.91%
15,960	2.13%
44,173	5.91%
355,675	47.57%

2010
713,102
392,434	55.03%
264,251	37.06%
2,012	0.28%
10,913	1.53%
11,670	1.64%
30,911	4.33%
320,668	44.97%

2000
657,852
378,794	57.58%
246,425	37.46%
1,746	0.27%
7,669	1.17%
6,759	1.03%
15,765	2.40%
279,058	42.42%

1990
584,495
358,813	61.39%
212,346	36.33%
1,226	0.21%
5,825	1.00%
n/a
6,285	1.08%
225,682	38.61%

1980
532,131
327,817	61.60%
192,800	36.23%
620	0.12%
3,278	0.62%
n/a
7,112	1.34%
204,314	38.40%

1970
461,457
293,824	63.67%
162,952	35.31%
331	0.07%
977	0.21%
n/a
2,739	0.59%
167,633	36.33%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
83,889	11.8
65,751	9.2
11,219	1.6
6,129	0.9

-350	-0.0
35,007	4.9

Number	Rate
2000's
89,052	13.5
59,463	9.0
2,990	0.5
6,035	0.9

13,640	2.1
41,610	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
95,704	16.4
58,037	9.9
7,895	1.4
2,914	0.5

19,981	3.4
53,376	9.1

Number	Rate
1980's
96,214	18.1
49,939	9.4
12,008	2.3
n/a

30,996	5.8
21,368	4.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
18,655	4.0
n/a

33,993	7.4
36,681	7.9

Age, Family & Household Data for Augusta, 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
39.0
169,224	11.1%
604,309	78.1%
130,445	8.6%

274,131
2.65

179,670	65.5%
121,842	67.8%
24,015	13.4%
94,461	34.5%

2010
Number	Percent
37.4
174,528	24.5%
538,574	75.5%
94,198	13.2%

272,133
2.53

187,053	68.7%
124,610	66.6%
27,008	14.4%
85,080	31.3%

2000
Number	Percent
35.1
177,439	27.0%
480,413	73.0%
77,733	11.8%

244,017
2.60

175,111	71.8%
123,319	70.4%
24,934	14.2%
68,906	28.2%

1990
Number	Percent
31.5
165,955	28.4%
418,540	71.6%
64,554	11.0%

208,357
2.71

155,332	74.6%
116,452	75.0%
18,981	12.2%
53,025	25.4%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
164,561	30.9%
367,570	69.1%
51,801	9.7%

176,189
2.92

137,011	77.8%
108,024	78.8%
14,118	10.3%
39,178	22.2%

2022 Housing Data for Augusta, GA-SC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	17,598	6.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,151	5.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	13,150	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,106	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,456	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	12,111	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	11,531	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,461	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	10,902	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	20,870	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	26,252	9.6%
$75,000 to $99,999	34,179	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	25,115	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	15,180	5.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	17,840	6.5%
$200,000 or more	17,229	6.3%

Median Household Income	61,008
Per Capita Income	31,822

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	16,815	6.1%
Public Assistance	5,885	2.1%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	43,732	16.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	285,001	64.6%
Unemployed	20,470	4.6%
In Armed Forces	9,068	2.1%

Total Labor Force	314,539	71.3%
Not in Labor Force	126,918	28.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	115,077	101,688	53.1%
Non-Profit	5,866	10,039	36.9%
Self-Employed	16,423	9,835	62.5%

Local Government	9,712	13,450	41.9%
State Government	7,124	13,716	34.2%
Federal Government	9,798	8,983	52.2%

Total Private + Self	131,500	111,523	54.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	32,500	46,188	41.3%
Total	164,000	157,711	51.0%

Pct. Govt.	19.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	40,075	12.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	65,563	20.3%
Professional, Technical	72,018	22.3%
Service Occupations	58,930	18.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	2,217	0.7%
All others	85,901	26.6%

White Collar		55.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	45,067	14.0%
Manufacturing	41,224	12.8%
Retail trade	35,052	10.9%
Educational services	27,965	8.7%
Accommodation and food services	25,558	7.9%
Construction	21,690	6.7%
Public administration	19,500	6.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	19,401	6.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	17,358	5.4%
Transportation and warehousing	15,563	4.8%
Other services	15,137	4.7%
Finance and insurance	8,641	2.7%
Utilities	6,664	2.1%
Wholesale trade	5,193	1.6%
Information	4,521	1.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	4,479	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,423	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	4,139	1.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	777	0.2%
Management	135	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	20,611	2.75%
Puerto Rican	9,365	1.25%
Cuban	1,505	0.20%
Dominican	1,404	0.19%

Total Central American	5,587	0.74%
Costa Rican	501	0.07%
Guatemalan	2,357	0.31%
Honduran	1,000	0.13%
Nicaraguan	132	0.02%
Panamanian	821	0.11%
Salvadoran	776	0.10%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,823	0.24%
Argentinean	213	0.03%
Bolivian	6	0.00%
Chilean	100	0.01%
Colombian	937	0.12%
Ecuadorian	215	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	143	0.02%
Uruguayan	42	0.01%
Venezuelan	146	0.02%
Other South American	21	0.00%

Other Hispanic	3,508	0.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,066	0.41%
Korean	2,391	0.32%
Filipino	2,348	0.31%
Vietnamese	1,681	0.22%
Chinese	1,591	0.21%
Japanese	584	0.08%
Bangladeshi	92	0.01%
Cambodian	74	0.01%
Taiwanese	66	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	657,577	93.1%
Spanish	29,092	4.1%
Other Indo-European	4,337	0.6%
German, other Germanic	2,734	0.4%
Korean	1,957	0.3%
Other Asian	1,706	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,691	0.2%
Vietnamese	1,377	0.2%
Chinese	1,213	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	85,661	11.4%
English	56,401	7.5%
German	49,995	6.7%
Irish	47,133	6.3%
Italian	14,724	2.0%
European	12,621	1.7%
Scottish	10,570	1.4%
French	8,781	1.2%
African	7,787	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	7,701	1.0%
Polish	6,047	0.8%
Dutch	4,206	0.6%
Welsh	3,147	0.4%
British	3,103	0.4%
Norwegian	3,085	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	735,187	98.0%
Not a citizen	14,859	2.0%

Native	718,983	95.9%
Foreign-born	31,063	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
19,472	3.8%	43,827	8.6%	162,870	31.8%	155,294	30.3%	79,306	15.5%	50,996	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	19,472	3.8%
9-12 Years	43,827	8.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	162,870	31.8%
Some College	155,294	30.3%
Bach. Degree	79,306	15.5%
Grad Degree	50,996	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	274,212	258,503	15,709	5.7%
1991	278,610	260,762	17,848	6.4%
1992	282,866	261,006	21,860	7.7%
1993	285,146	262,933	22,213	7.8%
1994	282,810	263,350	19,460	6.9%
1995	283,803	263,193	20,610	7.3%
1996	283,683	262,469	21,214	7.5%
1997	287,696	267,883	19,813	6.9%
1998	288,377	270,733	17,644	6.1%
1999	290,306	273,372	16,934	5.8%

2000	299,213	286,607	12,606	4.2%
2001	297,242	281,814	15,428	5.2%
2002	303,294	285,191	18,103	6.0%
2003	310,357	291,693	18,664	6.0%
2004	316,425	296,498	19,927	6.3%
2005	319,386	297,260	22,126	6.9%
2006	323,293	301,712	21,581	6.7%
2007	323,864	303,526	20,338	6.3%
2008	325,009	300,765	24,244	7.5%
2009	326,194	291,861	34,333	10.5%

2010	316,979	282,977	34,002	10.7%
2011	318,245	284,948	33,297	10.5%
2012	316,777	285,968	30,809	9.7%
2013	314,343	286,502	27,841	8.9%
2014	311,604	287,686	23,918	7.7%
2015	311,483	290,544	20,939	6.7%
2016	316,500	297,768	18,732	5.9%
2017	322,999	306,538	16,461	5.1%
2018	322,899	308,942	13,957	4.3%
2019	323,113	310,896	12,217	3.8%

2020	321,062	301,962	19,100	5.9%
2021	318,026	304,865	13,161	4.1%
2022	315,761	304,379	11,382	3.6%
2023	318,306	306,460	11,846	3.7%
2024	325,415	310,984	14,431	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	332,183
Median Value	$162,307

Occupied	274,131	82.5%
Vacant	58,052	17.5%

Owned	187,024	68.2%
Rented	87,107	31.8%
Median Rent	$974

Single-Family Units	232,889	70.1%
Detached	220,537	66.4%
Attached	12,352	3.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	28,361	8.5%
Mobile Homes	52,325	15.8%

Augusta, GA-SC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Augusta, GA-SC Market Area

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

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

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

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