QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. Democrats are concerned that their recent victories in the suburban 6th and 7th Districts could be erased by lines more favorable to Republican-heavy exurbs such as Cherokee and Forsyth counties. In 2018, there were 1.58 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (46.5k people) in Rockdale County, GA than any other race or ethnicity. 2020 Census Redistricting Data Files Press Kit. Comparison pages include footnotes explaining that pre-2000 and post-2000 data comparisons will result in lower values for the separate race categories in proportion to the expected two or more race population. Those four counties accounted for nearly half of the state's total growth. Measurement of Race and Ethnicity Across the Decades: 17902020. Stanley Lieberson and Lawrence Santi, 'The Use of Nativity Data to Estimate Ethnic Characteristics and Patterns'. Those four counties accounted for nearly half of the states total growth. Shifting boundaries in metro Atlanta draw the bulk of complaints, a GPB News/Georgia News Lab analysis finds. Georgia was the state with the largest numerical increase in the black population from 2006 to 2007 with 84,000. How We Complete the Census When Demographic and Housing Characteristics Are Missing. Metro Atlanta is now majority-nonwhite, according to Census 2020 Black people still make up 46.72% of Atlantas 498,715 residents. Georgia Demographics According to the most recent ACS, the racial composition of Georgia was: White: 57.25% Black or African American: 31.57% Asian: 4.13% Two or more races: 3.74% Other race: 2.92% Native American: 0.33% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 0.07% Georgia Population History A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. The overall breakdown of religious affiliations was as follows:[36], The largest Christian denominations by number of adherents in 2000 were the Southern Baptist Convention with 1,719,484; the United Methodist Church with 570,674; and the Catholic Church with 374,185. The 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey provides an estimate of the undercount or overcount results for each state and by census operation. Just outside Savannah, Bryan County grew by 48% since the last census, the sixth-fastest-growing county in the nation and is home to a new megasite purchased by the state to lure more business development to the area. African American History Month is here, and in celebration, were exploring the black, non-Hispanic population in Georgia. A lock (
Our state profiles bring you all key population characteristics of your state and your county on one page. Browse our topics and subtopics to find information and data. More than half of the smaller cities lost population, compared to just 16 of the larger areas. The Great Migration of hundreds of thousands of blacks from the rural South to the industrial North from 19141970 reduced the African American population.[11]. Of the 47 U.S. states that gained population from 2010 to 2020, the Constitution States 0.9% growth to 3,605,944 was the slowest. This blog discusses how we improved the census questions on race and Hispanic origin, also known as ethnicity, between 2010 and 2020. DeKalb County is one of the few majority-Black places in the country where turnout in 2016 was markedly higher than 2012, and in 2018, Abrams turned out 10,000 more voters than Clinton had an . Call 1-800-GEORGIA to verify that a website is an official website of the State of Georgia. Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census. Every decade, the Bureau reconciles these estimates and releases final data. In terms of race the population was: The largest ancestry groups are: 10.8% American (mostly British descent), 9.5% Irish, 8.9% English, 8.8% Hispanics and Latinos and 8.2% German.