2024 population: 221,745 ( 18,922 from 2020)
Land area: 393.0 square miles
Population density: 564.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	126,948	57.25%	3.0%
Black:	17,726	7.99%	17.4%
Indian:	378	0.17%	0.5%
Asian:	6,398	2.89%	45.9%
2+ races:	3,267	1.47%	20.9%
Hispanic:	67,028	30.23%	17.7%

Total non-White:	94,797	42.75%	19.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	11,279	13.9
Deaths:	8,191	10.1
Net Migration:	11,908	14.7
Net Immigration:	3,672	4.5

Change in White population:	3,661	1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,261	7.5

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
202,823
123,287	60.79%
15,100	7.44%
376	0.19%
4,385	2.16%
2,703	1.33%
56,972	28.09%
79,536	39.21%

2010
179,684
114,300	63.61%
12,757	7.10%
372	0.21%
3,238	1.80%
1,862	1.04%
46,906	26.10%
65,384	36.39%

2000
139,277
98,942	71.04%
9,900	7.11%
331	0.24%
1,849	1.33%
933	0.67%
27,242	19.56%
40,335	28.96%

1990
95,428
82,539	86.49%
8,077	8.46%
226	0.24%
552	0.58%
n/a
4,034	4.23%
12,889	13.51%

1980
75,649
68,052	89.96%
6,756	8.93%
129	0.17%
159	0.21%
n/a
498	0.66%
7,597	10.04%

1970
59,405
53,242	89.63%
6,007	10.11%
13	0.02%
47	0.08%
n/a
81	0.14%
6,163	10.37%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
23,794	13.2
13,032	7.3
12,503	7.0
1,471	0.8

8,987	5.0
14,152	7.9

Number	Rate
2000's
28,238	20.3
10,211	7.3
16,418	11.8
13,739	9.9

15,358	11.0
25,049	18.0

Number	Rate
1990's
19,909	20.9
8,523	8.9
16,840	17.6
3,451	3.6

16,403	17.2
27,446	28.8

Number	Rate
1980's
13,154	17.4
6,526	8.6
13,787	18.2
n/a

14,487	19.2
5,292	7.0

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
9,826	16.5
n/a

14,810	24.9
1,434	2.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Gainesville, GA Metro 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
37.8
50,269	22.7%
171,476	77.3%
31,704	14.3%

69,387
2.92

51,739	74.6%
38,783	75.0%
4,281	8.3%
17,648	25.4%

2010
Number	Percent
34.5
50,166	27.9%
129,518	72.1%
20,010	11.1%

60,691
2.91

45,275	74.6%
34,380	75.9%
4,195	9.3%
15,416	25.4%

2000
Number	Percent
32.4
37,416	26.9%
101,861	73.1%
13,065	9.4%

47,391
2.89

36,245	76.5%
29,221	80.6%
2,522	7.0%
11,146	23.5%

1990
Number	Percent
32.4
24,515	25.7%
70,913	74.3%
10,219	10.7%

34,650
2.71

26,695	77.0%
21,960	82.3%
1,887	7.1%
7,955	23.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.2
22,348	29.5%
53,301	70.5%
7,535	10.0%

25,987
2.87

21,040	81.0%
17,827	84.7%
1,357	6.4%
4,947	19.0%

2022 Housing Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,673	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,145	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,951	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,802	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,283	3.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,264	3.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,617	3.8%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,221	4.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,982	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,150	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,917	11.4%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,618	13.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,924	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,915	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,987	8.6%
$200,000 or more	6,938	10.0%

Median Household Income	74,153
Per Capita Income	35,624

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,309	4.8%
Public Assistance	1,266	1.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,004	10.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	65,096	72.0%
Unemployed	3,191	3.5%
In Armed Forces	66	0.1%

Total Labor Force	68,353	75.6%
Not in Labor Force	22,016	24.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	41,384	30,558	57.5%
Non-Profit	1,980	3,859	33.9%
Self-Employed	7,379	3,352	68.8%

Local Government	2,483	3,767	39.7%
State Government	956	1,424	40.2%
Federal Government	697	582	54.5%

Total Private + Self	48,763	33,910	59.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,116	9,632	38.8%
Total	54,879	43,542	55.8%

Pct. Govt.	10.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	14,828	15.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	20,711	21.0%
Professional, Technical	17,326	17.6%
Service Occupations	13,666	13.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	485	0.5%
All others	32,031	32.5%

White Collar		53.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	17,635	17.9%
Retail trade	11,085	11.2%
Construction	11,068	11.2%
Health care and social assistance	9,662	9.8%
Educational services	7,048	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	6,108	6.2%
Other services	5,795	5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,548	5.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	5,182	5.3%
Transportation and warehousing	5,179	5.3%
Wholesale trade	3,504	3.6%
Finance and insurance	3,066	3.1%
Public administration	1,920	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,422	1.4%
Information	1,412	1.4%
Real estate and rental and leasing	974	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	911	0.9%
Utilities	810	0.8%
Management	182	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	51	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	43,542	21.24%
Puerto Rican	1,681	0.82%
Cuban	1,216	0.59%
Dominican	897	0.44%

Total Central American	10,066	4.91%
Costa Rican	260	0.13%
Guatemalan	2,299	1.12%
Honduran	1,655	0.81%
Nicaraguan	120	0.06%
Panamanian	50	0.02%
Salvadoran	5,682	2.77%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,738	0.85%
Argentinean	20	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	38	0.02%
Colombian	939	0.46%
Ecuadorian	76	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	214	0.10%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	451	0.22%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	947	0.46%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,831	0.89%
Indian	649	0.32%
Filipino	584	0.28%
Korean	391	0.19%
Chinese	320	0.16%
Taiwanese	87	0.04%
Indonesian	76	0.04%
Japanese	46	0.02%
Thai	27	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	134,875	70.2%
Spanish	51,029	26.5%
Vietnamese	1,596	0.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,252	0.7%
Other Indo-European	934	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	599	0.3%
Tagalog	396	0.2%
Other Asian	374	0.2%
Korean	362	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	22,114	10.8%
American	17,199	8.4%
Irish	17,050	8.3%
German	14,009	6.8%
Italian	4,090	2.0%
Scottish	3,582	1.7%
European	3,022	1.5%
Scotch-Irish	2,532	1.2%
Polish	2,023	1.0%
French	1,865	0.9%
African	1,642	0.8%
British	1,600	0.8%
Dutch	1,124	0.5%
Norwegian	920	0.4%
Welsh	680	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	181,366	88.5%
Not a citizen	23,587	11.5%

Native	170,341	83.1%
Foreign-born	34,612	16.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
14,680	10.9%	10,948	8.1%	38,366	28.4%	36,771	27.2%	21,466	15.9%	13,015	9.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,680	10.9%
9-12 Years	10,948	8.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	38,366	28.4%
Some College	36,771	27.2%
Bach. Degree	21,466	15.9%
Grad Degree	13,015	9.6%
Average years of education: 12.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	105,228	99,510	5,718	5.4%
1991	107,114	101,728	5,386	5.0%
1992	112,578	106,140	6,438	5.7%
1993	118,676	113,468	5,208	4.4%
1994	126,196	121,584	4,612	3.7%
1995	128,866	124,354	4,512	3.5%
1996	131,514	127,250	4,264	3.2%
1997	136,692	132,662	4,030	2.9%
1998	141,544	137,422	4,122	2.9%
1999	144,654	141,056	3,598	2.5%

2000	146,376	142,072	4,304	2.9%
2001	148,708	143,440	5,268	3.5%
2002	151,724	144,866	6,858	4.5%
2003	159,330	152,490	6,840	4.3%
2004	160,538	153,668	6,870	4.3%
2005	165,928	158,018	7,910	4.8%
2006	172,894	165,788	7,106	4.1%
2007	181,166	174,100	7,066	3.9%
2008	185,472	174,614	10,858	5.9%
2009	179,494	161,850	17,644	9.8%

2010	173,556	156,604	16,952	9.8%
2011	175,160	159,736	15,424	8.8%
2012	177,656	164,030	13,626	7.7%
2013	178,784	166,616	12,168	6.8%
2014	179,848	169,208	10,640	5.9%
2015	183,410	174,342	9,068	4.9%
2016	192,616	183,834	8,782	4.6%
2017	202,606	194,612	7,994	3.9%
2018	204,566	197,914	6,652	3.3%
2019	205,596	199,664	5,932	2.9%

2020	203,898	194,266	9,632	4.7%
2021	209,108	203,484	5,624	2.7%
2022	214,342	209,222	5,120	2.4%
2023	222,912	217,540	5,372	2.4%
2024	218,452	212,246	6,206	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	77,473
Median Value	$277,900

Occupied	69,387	89.6%
Vacant	8,086	10.4%

Owned	48,570	70.0%
Rented	20,817	30.0%
Median Rent	$1,179

Single-Family Units	59,119	76.3%
Detached	56,986	73.6%
Attached	2,133	2.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	9,157	11.8%
Mobile Homes	6,714	8.7%

Gainesville, GA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Gainesville, GA Metro Area