2022 population: 169,631 ( 29,731 from 2010 , 5,990 from 2020)
Land area: 376.0 square miles
Population density: 451.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	89,504	52.76%	5.7%
Black:	57,226	33.74%	44.7%
Indian:	447	0.26%	14.0%
Asian:	5,551	3.27%	60.6%
2+ races:	4,986	2.94%	61.4%
Hispanic:	11,917	7.03%	40.0%

Total non-White:	80,127	47.24%	45.2%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,394	13.4
Deaths:	3,711	11.3
Net Migration:	5,001	15.3
Net Immigration:	319	1.0

Change in White population:	4,801	3.4
Change in Non-White pop.:	24,930	17.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
139,900
84,703	60.55%
39,535	28.26%
392	0.28%
3,456	2.47%
3,089	2.21%
8,515	6.09%
55,197	39.45%

2000
110,765
76,391	68.97%
27,181	24.54%
352	0.32%
1,794	1.62%
1,510	1.36%
3,363	3.04%
34,374	31.03%

1990
89,208
67,266	75.40%
19,420	21.77%
264	0.30%
957	1.07%
n/a
1,301	1.46%
21,942	24.60%

1980
77,605
60,185	77.55%
15,499	19.97%
162	0.21%
514	0.66%
n/a
1,182	1.52%
17,420	22.45%

1970
62,924
51,484	81.82%
10,481	16.66%
47	0.07%
115	0.18%
n/a
725	1.15%
11,440	18.18%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
17,415	15.7
7,941	7.2
15,384	13.9
562	0.5

8,312	7.5
20,823	18.8

Number	Rate
1990's
14,991	16.8
6,560	7.4
9,550	10.7
588	0.7

9,125	10.2
12,432	13.9

Number	Rate
1980's
13,638	17.6
4,901	6.3
3,552	4.6
n/a

7,081	9.1
4,522	5.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,899	7.8
n/a

8,701	13.8
5,980	9.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston 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
36.1
41,717	24.6%
127,914	75.4%
21,590	12.7%

60,607
2.68

42,461	70.1%
30,806	72.6%
4,873	11.5%
18,146	29.9%

2010
Number	Percent
34.5
37,491	26.8%
102,409	73.2%
14,571	10.4%

53,051
2.61

37,874	71.4%
26,691	70.5%
5,206	13.7%
15,177	28.6%

2000
Number	Percent
33.8
31,140	28.1%
79,625	71.9%
10,378	9.4%

40,959
2.65

30,486	74.4%
23,280	76.4%
3,766	12.4%
10,473	25.6%

1990
Number	Percent
31.2
25,241	28.3%
63,967	71.7%
6,908	7.7%

32,427
2.71

24,748	76.3%
19,976	80.7%
2,333	9.4%
7,679	23.7%

1980
Number	Percent
27.2
25,139	32.4%
52,466	67.6%
4,159	5.4%

25,438
2.99

20,634	81.1%
17,420	84.4%
1,650	8.0%
4,804	18.9%

2022 Housing Data for Houston County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,478	4.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,797	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,841	3.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,613	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,376	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,250	3.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,410	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,033	3.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,786	2.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,227	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,006	9.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,894	14.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,711	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,195	8.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,511	9.1%
$200,000 or more	4,479	7.4%

Median Household Income	76,968
Per Capita Income	35,223

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	88
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,242	5.3%
Public Assistance	538	0.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	6,242	10.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	67,322	68.3%
Unemployed	3,579	3.6%
In Armed Forces	4,158	4.2%

Total Labor Force	75,059	76.1%
Not in Labor Force	23,534	23.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	23,275	21,039	52.5%
Non-Profit	1,182	2,715	30.3%
Self-Employed	3,525	2,745	56.2%

Local Government	2,296	3,966	36.7%
State Government	1,335	1,978	40.3%
Federal Government	7,271	3,692	66.3%

Total Private + Self	26,800	23,784	53.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	12,084	12,351	49.5%
Total	38,884	36,135	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	27.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,141	14.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	17,195	22.9%
Professional, Technical	17,557	23.4%
Service Occupations	11,485	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	229	0.3%
All others	17,735	23.6%

White Collar		61.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Public administration	11,972	15.9%
Retail trade	9,895	13.2%
Health care and social assistance	8,331	11.1%
Manufacturing	6,741	9.0%
Educational services	6,479	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	4,840	6.4%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,761	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	4,285	5.7%
Finance and insurance	3,915	5.2%
Construction	3,322	4.4%
Other services	3,066	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,703	3.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,054	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	955	1.3%
Wholesale trade	951	1.3%
Information	911	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	584	0.8%
Utilities	278	0.4%
Management	50	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	20	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,953	3.02%
Puerto Rican	1,498	0.91%
Cuban	763	0.46%
Dominican	206	0.13%

Total Central American	1,516	0.92%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	541	0.33%
Honduran	138	0.08%
Nicaraguan	128	0.08%
Panamanian	124	0.08%
Salvadoran	573	0.35%
Other Central American	12	0.01%

Total South American	1,054	0.64%
Argentinean	311	0.19%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	469	0.29%
Ecuadorian	138	0.08%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	59	0.04%
Uruguayan	31	0.02%
Venezuelan	41	0.02%
Other South American	5	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,118	0.68%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Vietnamese	1,291	0.79%
Filipino	1,267	0.77%
Indian	1,068	0.65%
Korean	611	0.37%
Chinese	326	0.20%
Burmese	254	0.15%
Japanese	93	0.06%
Thai	58	0.04%
Laotian	28	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	141,812	92.2%
Spanish	6,422	4.2%
Other Asian	1,104	0.7%
Vietnamese	1,043	0.7%
Other Indo-European	840	0.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	489	0.3%
Tagalog	488	0.3%
Arabic	473	0.3%
German, other Germanic	409	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	16,813	10.2%
English	14,708	9.0%
German	12,422	7.6%
Irish	11,751	7.2%
Italian	3,800	2.3%
European	2,892	1.8%
French	2,429	1.5%
Scottish	2,418	1.5%
Polish	1,907	1.2%
Scotch-Irish	1,471	0.9%
African	1,294	0.8%
Jamaican	1,192	0.7%
Dutch	1,179	0.7%
British	1,177	0.7%
Swedish	814	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	159,516	97.2%
Not a citizen	4,601	2.8%

Native	153,757	93.7%
Foreign-born	10,360	6.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,633	2.4%	4,934	4.6%	29,352	27.2%	36,378	33.7%	19,718	18.3%	14,781	13.7%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,633	2.4%
9-12 Years	4,934	4.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	29,352	27.2%
Some College	36,378	33.7%
Bach. Degree	19,718	18.3%
Grad Degree	14,781	13.7%
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	42,820	41,130	1,690	3.9%	5.4%
1991	43,018	41,311	1,707	4.0%	5.3%
1992	44,418	41,913	2,505	5.6%	6.6%
1993	45,120	42,913	2,207	4.9%	5.7%
1994	46,613	44,543	2,070	4.4%	5.1%
1995	47,426	45,517	1,909	4.0%	4.8%
1996	49,034	47,191	1,843	3.8%	4.6%
1997	51,142	49,091	2,051	4.0%	4.5%
1998	51,788	49,860	1,928	3.7%	4.2%
1999	50,396	48,482	1,914	3.8%	3.8%

2000	53,336	51,537	1,799	3.4%	3.5%
2001	54,759	52,892	1,867	3.4%	4.1%
2002	57,021	54,702	2,319	4.1%	5.3%
2003	59,241	56,901	2,340	3.9%	5.1%
2004	60,439	57,850	2,589	4.3%	5.1%
2005	62,732	59,518	3,214	5.1%	5.7%
2006	66,067	63,047	3,020	4.6%	5.1%
2007	68,198	65,336	2,862	4.2%	4.9%
2008	69,693	65,760	3,933	5.6%	6.8%
2009	70,754	65,411	5,343	7.6%	10.4%

2010	67,259	61,498	5,761	8.6%	10.7%
2011	68,223	62,446	5,777	8.5%	10.1%
2012	68,515	63,085	5,430	7.9%	9.0%
2013	67,381	62,345	5,036	7.5%	8.1%
2014	65,831	61,332	4,499	6.8%	7.1%
2015	64,936	61,086	3,850	5.9%	6.1%
2016	67,671	64,005	3,666	5.4%	5.4%
2017	69,830	66,493	3,337	4.8%	4.8%
2018	70,350	67,476	2,874	4.1%	4.0%
2019	71,213	68,770	2,443	3.4%	3.5%

2020	70,418	66,769	3,649	5.2%	6.5%
2021	71,257	68,638	2,619	3.7%	3.9%
2022	70,748	68,554	2,194	3.1%	3.0%
2023	71,134	69,062	2,072	2.9%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	66,889
Median Value	$189,500

Occupied	60,607	90.6%
Vacant	6,282	9.4%

Owned	40,563	66.9%
Rented	20,044	33.1%
Median Rent	$1,094

Single-Family Units	51,216	76.6%
Detached	49,790	74.4%
Attached	1,426	2.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,621	11.4%
Mobile Homes	4,229	6.3%

Houston County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Houston County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Houston County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Houston County, GA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Houston County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Houston County, GA