2024 population: 33,327 ( 1,985 from 2020)
Land area: 426.2 square miles
Population density: 78.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	27,866	83.61%	3.7%
Black:	342	1.03%	41.9%
Indian:	134	0.40%	10.7%
Asian:	264	0.79%	42.7%
2+ races:	414	1.24%	25.5%
Hispanic:	4,307	12.92%	19.6%

Total non-White:	5,461	16.39%	22.0%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	1,288	10.3
Deaths:	1,893	15.1
Net Migration:	2,523	20.1
Net Immigration:	87	0.7

Change in White population:	1,001	3.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	984	3.1

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
31,342
26,865	85.72%
241	0.77%
121	0.39%
185	0.59%
330	1.05%
3,600	11.49%
4,477	14.28%

2010
28,292
25,078	88.64%
98	0.35%
72	0.25%
80	0.28%
269	0.95%
2,677	9.46%
3,214	11.36%

2000
23,456
21,287	90.75%
51	0.22%
81	0.35%
53	0.23%
166	0.71%
1,815	7.74%
2,169	9.25%

1990
13,368
13,153	98.39%
35	0.26%
60	0.45%
0	0.00%
n/a
120	0.90%
215	1.61%

1980
11,110
11,033	99.31%
14	0.13%
13	0.12%
2	0.02%
n/a
48	0.43%
77	0.69%

1970
8,956
8,914	99.53%
28	0.31%
1	0.01%
11	0.12%
n/a
0	0.00%
42	0.47%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
2,951	10.4
2,718	9.6
2,598	9.2
228	0.8

1,787	6.3
1,263	4.5

Number	Rate
2000's
3,605	15.4
2,221	9.5
3,394	14.5
922	3.9

3,791	16.2
1,045	4.5

Number	Rate
1990's
2,589	19.4
1,637	12.2
6,220	46.5
101	0.8

8,134	60.8
1,954	14.6

Number	Rate
1980's
1,713	15.4
1,136	10.2
1,738	15.6
n/a

2,120	19.1
138	1.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
1,507	16.8
n/a

2,119	23.7
35	0.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Gilmer County, GA

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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
49.6
5,933	9.2%
58,736	90.8%
8,122	12.6%

12,868
2.43

8,970	69.7%
7,028	78.4%
525	5.9%
3,898	30.3%

2010
Number	Percent
43.4
6,229	22.0%
22,063	78.0%
5,015	17.7%

11,314
2.48

8,000	70.7%
6,474	80.9%
525	6.6%
3,314	29.3%

2000
Number	Percent
37.6
5,681	24.2%
17,775	75.8%
3,106	13.2%

9,047
2.57

6,695	74.0%
5,591	83.5%
366	5.5%
2,352	26.0%

1990
Number	Percent
35.4
3,335	24.9%
10,033	75.1%
1,818	13.6%

5,100
2.58

4,015	78.7%
3,445	85.8%
192	4.8%
1,085	21.3%

1980
Number	Percent
32.3
3,164	28.5%
7,946	71.5%
1,450	13.1%

3,968
2.75

3,199	80.6%
2,810	87.8%
163	5.1%
769	19.4%

2022 Housing Data for Gilmer County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	570	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	512	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	602	4.7%
$20,000 to $24,999	692	5.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	666	5.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	664	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	432	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	406	3.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	340	2.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	545	4.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	1,560	12.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	2,296	17.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	1,275	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	883	6.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	819	6.4%
$200,000 or more	606	4.7%

Median Household Income	70,334
Per Capita Income	34,412

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	77
Compared to U.S.	73

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	774	6.0%
Public Assistance	224	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,127	8.8%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	10,321	65.9%
Unemployed	286	1.8%
In Armed Forces	0	0.0%

Total Labor Force	10,607	67.7%
Not in Labor Force	5,051	32.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	5,362	3,813	58.4%
Non-Profit	262	257	50.5%
Self-Employed	1,129	494	69.6%

Local Government	608	958	38.8%
State Government	179	293	37.9%
Federal Government	56	139	28.7%

Total Private + Self	6,491	4,307	60.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	1,105	1,647	40.2%
Total	7,596	5,954	56.1%

Pct. Govt.	16.5%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,514	11.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	3,121	23.0%
Professional, Technical	2,811	20.7%
Service Occupations	2,157	15.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	148	1.1%
All others	3,968	29.2%

White Collar		54.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	1,992	14.7%
Retail trade	1,589	11.7%
Educational services	1,454	10.7%
Construction	1,382	10.2%
Health care and social assistance	1,251	9.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	770	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	618	4.6%
Public administration	612	4.5%
Other services	574	4.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	527	3.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	486	3.6%
Transportation and warehousing	462	3.4%
Information	394	2.9%
Finance and insurance	314	2.3%
Wholesale trade	293	2.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	280	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	264	1.9%
Utilities	207	1.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	102	0.8%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,559	4.95%
Puerto Rican	122	0.39%
Cuban	64	0.20%
Dominican	68	0.22%

Total Central American	1,496	4.75%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	1,124	3.57%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	290	0.92%
Salvadoran	82	0.26%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	177	0.56%
Argentinean	28	0.09%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	17	0.05%
Colombian	86	0.27%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	16	0.05%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	30	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	429	1.36%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Cambodian	75	0.24%
Japanese	20	0.06%
Indian	14	0.04%
Chinese	7	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	27,009	90.2%
Spanish	2,346	7.8%
Other Indo-European	184	0.6%
Other Asian	139	0.5%
Other	123	0.4%
German, other Germanic	72	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	44	0.1%
Chinese	24	0.1%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	16	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	4,944	15.7%
German	4,724	15.0%
Irish	4,403	14.0%
American	2,873	9.1%
Scottish	1,284	4.1%
Italian	1,157	3.7%
French	541	1.7%
Polish	528	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	515	1.6%
Swedish	433	1.4%
European	393	1.2%
Dutch	344	1.1%
British	273	0.9%
Welsh	244	0.8%
French Canadian	232	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	30,680	97.3%
Not a citizen	839	2.7%

Native	29,764	94.4%
Foreign-born	1,755	5.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,543	6.6%	1,747	7.4%	8,181	34.9%	6,492	27.7%	3,307	14.1%	2,185	9.3%
Average years of education: 12.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,543	6.6%
9-12 Years	1,747	7.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	8,181	34.9%
Some College	6,492	27.7%
Bach. Degree	3,307	14.1%
Grad Degree	2,185	9.3%
Average years of education: 12.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	6,635	6,153	482	7.3%	5.4%
1991	6,591	6,104	487	7.4%	5.3%
1992	6,644	6,024	620	9.3%	6.6%
1993	6,727	6,223	504	7.5%	5.7%
1994	6,898	6,518	380	5.5%	5.1%
1995	7,264	6,811	453	6.2%	4.8%
1996	8,162	7,657	505	6.2%	4.6%
1997	8,364	7,826	538	6.4%	4.5%
1998	8,235	7,796	439	5.3%	4.2%
1999	8,423	8,122	301	3.6%	3.8%

2000	11,247	10,876	371	3.3%	3.5%
2001	11,457	11,042	415	3.6%	4.1%
2002	12,188	11,628	560	4.6%	5.3%
2003	12,645	12,068	577	4.6%	5.1%
2004	12,818	12,247	571	4.5%	5.1%
2005	13,440	12,761	679	5.1%	5.7%
2006	14,150	13,597	553	3.9%	5.1%
2007	14,192	13,643	549	3.9%	4.9%
2008	14,065	13,172	893	6.3%	6.8%
2009	13,636	12,152	1,484	10.9%	10.4%

2010	12,848	11,380	1,468	11.4%	10.7%
2011	12,343	10,905	1,438	11.7%	10.1%
2012	12,112	10,852	1,260	10.4%	9.0%
2013	11,891	10,829	1,062	8.9%	8.1%
2014	11,946	11,075	871	7.3%	7.1%
2015	11,589	10,877	712	6.1%	6.1%
2016	11,833	11,152	681	5.8%	5.4%
2017	12,122	11,504	618	5.1%	4.8%
2018	12,017	11,504	513	4.3%	4.0%
2019	12,032	11,599	433	3.6%	3.5%

2020	11,963	11,401	562	4.7%	6.5%
2021	12,325	11,946	379	3.1%	3.9%
2022	12,413	12,032	381	3.1%	3.0%
2023	12,780	12,386	394	3.1%	3.2%
2024	15,032	14,586	446	3.0%	3.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	17,850
Median Value	$259,700

Occupied	12,868	72.1%
Vacant	4,982	27.9%

Owned	9,791	76.1%
Rented	3,077	23.9%
Median Rent	$907

Single-Family Units	13,989	78.4%
Detached	13,816	77.4%
Attached	173	1.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	536	3.0%
Mobile Homes	2,873	16.1%

Gilmer County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Gilmer County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Gilmer County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Gilmer County, GA

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Gilmer County, GA

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Gilmer County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Gilmer County, GA