2024 population: 431,589 ( 26,794 from 2020)
Land area: 1349.5 square miles
Population density: 319.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	229,250	53.12%	4.3%
Black:	140,594	32.58%	5.0%
Indian:	995	0.23%	0.6%
Asian:	13,553	3.14%	23.5%
2+ races:	9,956	2.31%	16.1%
Hispanic:	37,241	8.63%	22.0%

Total non-White:	202,339	46.88%	9.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,170	13.1
Deaths:	16,966	10.5
Net Migration:	16,419	10.1
Net Immigration:	5,644	3.5

Change in White population:	9,401	2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,393	4.3

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
404,795
219,849	54.31%
133,882	33.07%
1,001	0.25%
10,975	2.71%
8,575	2.12%
30,513	7.54%
184,946	45.69%

2010
347,611
199,249	57.32%
116,466	33.50%
803	0.23%
7,389	2.13%
5,893	1.70%
17,207	4.95%
148,362	42.68%

2000
293,000
176,433	60.22%
101,588	34.67%
698	0.24%
4,487	1.53%
3,032	1.03%
6,399	2.18%
116,567	39.78%

1990
258,060
163,992	63.55%
87,897	34.06%
682	0.26%
2,571	1.00%
n/a
2,918	1.13%
94,068	36.45%

1980
230,728
143,881	62.36%
82,161	35.61%
395	0.17%
1,491	0.65%
n/a
2,645	1.15%
86,847	37.64%

1970
207,938
137,155	65.96%
68,327	32.86%
130	0.06%
439	0.21%
n/a
1,625	0.78%
70,783	34.04%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
47,201	13.6
27,824	8.0
19,990	5.8
6,261	1.8

20,600	5.9
36,584	10.5

Number	Rate
2000's
44,820	15.3
25,444	8.7
28,853	9.8
3,280	1.1

22,816	7.8
31,795	10.9

Number	Rate
1990's
45,267	17.5
24,421	9.5
6,011	2.3
2,539	1.0

12,441	4.8
22,499	8.7

Number	Rate
1980's
43,608	18.9
22,112	9.6
8,199	3.6
n/a

20,111	8.7
7,221	3.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-125	-0.1
n/a

6,726	3.2
16,064	7.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Savannah, 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
36.4
92,025	11.0%
339,564	78.7%
60,511	7.2%

155,458
2.54

99,882	64.3%
70,199	70.3%
12,164	12.2%
55,576	35.7%

2010
Number	Percent
34.3
83,770	24.1%
263,841	75.9%
40,342	11.6%

131,868
2.53

87,214	66.1%
59,541	68.3%
12,534	14.4%
44,654	33.9%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
76,627	26.2%
216,373	73.8%
34,757	11.9%

111,080
2.56

76,800	69.1%
55,409	72.1%
10,158	13.2%
34,280	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
31.9
70,387	27.3%
187,673	72.7%
30,768	11.9%

94,725
2.65

68,581	72.4%
51,298	74.8%
8,382	12.2%
26,144	27.6%

1980
Number	Percent
28.8
70,043	30.4%
160,685	69.6%
23,352	10.1%

80,505
2.81

60,719	75.4%
46,995	77.4%
6,762	11.1%
19,786	24.6%

2022 Housing Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,139	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,128	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,920	3.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,570	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	7,587	4.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,448	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,989	3.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,424	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,988	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	12,193	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	15,772	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	20,730	13.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	15,832	10.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	11,914	7.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,261	7.9%
$200,000 or more	12,563	8.1%

Median Household Income	70,523
Per Capita Income	37,686

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	7,729	5.0%
Public Assistance	2,004	1.3%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	17,639	11.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	170,801	69.5%
Unemployed	11,153	4.5%
In Armed Forces	5,107	2.1%

Total Labor Force	187,061	76.1%
Not in Labor Force	58,751	23.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	68,291	64,364	51.5%
Non-Profit	4,446	8,780	33.6%
Self-Employed	11,493	7,762	59.7%

Local Government	5,860	8,950	39.6%
State Government	3,041	5,113	37.3%
Federal Government	2,887	2,363	55.0%

Total Private + Self	79,784	72,126	52.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,234	25,206	39.2%
Total	96,018	97,332	49.7%

Pct. Govt.	14.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	29,361	15.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	40,676	21.0%
Professional, Technical	45,049	23.3%
Service Occupations	34,865	18.0%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	545	0.3%
All others	43,800	22.6%

White Collar		59.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	26,105	13.5%
Retail trade	23,308	12.0%
Manufacturing	19,014	9.8%
Accommodation and food services	18,833	9.7%
Educational services	17,703	9.1%
Transportation and warehousing	15,718	8.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	12,629	6.5%
Construction	11,698	6.0%
Public administration	9,410	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,113	4.2%
Other services	7,690	4.0%
Finance and insurance	6,122	3.2%
Wholesale trade	4,316	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	4,039	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,712	1.9%
Information	2,921	1.5%
Utilities	1,170	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	856	0.4%
Management	295	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	99	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	10,355	2.55%
Puerto Rican	7,113	1.75%
Cuban	2,335	0.57%
Dominican	612	0.15%

Total Central American	3,111	0.77%
Costa Rican	134	0.03%
Guatemalan	864	0.21%
Honduran	1,313	0.32%
Nicaraguan	155	0.04%
Panamanian	405	0.10%
Salvadoran	240	0.06%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	1,768	0.43%
Argentinean	271	0.07%
Bolivian	22	0.01%
Chilean	23	0.01%
Colombian	679	0.17%
Ecuadorian	88	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	352	0.09%
Uruguayan	7	0.00%
Venezuelan	276	0.07%
Other South American	50	0.01%

Other Hispanic	2,070	0.51%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	2,291	0.56%
Vietnamese	2,017	0.50%
Indian	1,998	0.49%
Filipino	1,213	0.30%
Korean	851	0.21%
Japanese	368	0.09%
Thai	277	0.07%
Laotian	268	0.07%
Burmese	146	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	346,653	90.8%
Spanish	19,254	5.0%
Other Indo-European	3,350	0.9%
German, other Germanic	2,172	0.6%
Chinese	2,073	0.5%
Vietnamese	1,950	0.5%
Other Asian	1,406	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,391	0.4%
Other	1,327	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	39,429	9.7%
Irish	38,769	9.5%
German	36,828	9.1%
American	29,350	7.2%
Italian	14,032	3.5%
Scottish	8,042	2.0%
French	6,386	1.6%
Polish	5,324	1.3%
European	4,971	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	4,107	1.0%
African	4,100	1.0%
Dutch	2,767	0.7%
Welsh	2,530	0.6%
British	2,070	0.5%
Swedish	2,051	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	394,107	96.9%
Not a citizen	12,468	3.1%

Native	380,630	93.6%
Foreign-born	25,945	6.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
6,768	2.5%	16,950	6.2%	71,788	26.3%	84,462	30.9%	56,679	20.7%	36,645	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	6,768	2.5%
9-12 Years	16,950	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	71,788	26.3%
Some College	84,462	30.9%
Bach. Degree	56,679	20.7%
Grad Degree	36,645	13.4%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	239,598	228,886	10,712	4.5%
1991	241,644	230,470	11,174	4.6%
1992	251,156	235,394	15,762	6.3%
1993	250,978	236,644	14,334	5.7%
1994	254,304	240,450	13,854	5.4%
1995	256,772	243,718	13,054	5.1%
1996	261,078	248,394	12,684	4.9%
1997	269,890	256,932	12,958	4.8%
1998	273,030	260,882	12,148	4.4%
1999	275,212	264,232	10,980	4.0%

2000	283,014	273,218	9,796	3.5%
2001	286,148	276,024	10,124	3.5%
2002	297,652	284,466	13,186	4.4%
2003	304,006	290,418	13,588	4.5%
2004	319,744	305,640	14,104	4.4%
2005	331,560	315,864	15,696	4.7%
2006	342,276	327,814	14,462	4.2%
2007	356,954	342,196	14,758	4.1%
2008	360,134	338,878	21,256	5.9%
2009	353,566	322,032	31,534	8.9%

2010	336,082	302,688	33,394	9.9%
2011	339,400	306,166	33,234	9.8%
2012	345,018	314,332	30,686	8.9%
2013	345,480	317,920	27,560	8.0%
2014	346,536	321,944	24,592	7.1%
2015	349,122	328,942	20,180	5.8%
2016	362,862	343,940	18,922	5.2%
2017	375,286	358,628	16,658	4.4%
2018	379,438	365,478	13,960	3.7%
2019	385,278	372,716	12,562	3.3%

2020	381,498	354,954	26,544	7.0%
2021	392,946	377,512	15,434	3.9%
2022	396,108	384,606	11,502	2.9%
2023	401,108	389,690	11,418	2.8%
2024	420,484	407,580	12,904	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	175,510
Median Value	$253,045

Occupied	155,458	88.6%
Vacant	20,052	11.4%

Owned	95,909	61.7%
Rented	59,549	38.3%
Median Rent	$1,268

Single-Family Units	121,064	69.0%
Detached	114,063	65.0%
Attached	7,001	4.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	27,933	15.9%
Mobile Homes	11,329	6.5%

Savannah, GA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2022 Housing Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area