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Decatur, Georgia QuickFacts

	Decatur, Georgia	United States
Total population	18,147	281,421,906
State	Georgia
City	decatur

Decatur, Georgia Population

	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
Male	7,694	42.4%	49.06%
Female	10,453	57.6%	50.94%
Median age (years)	36.0		35.3

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	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
18 years and over	14,519	80.01%	74.31%
21 years and over	13,753	75.79%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,725	15.02%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,421	13.34%	12.43%

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	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
White	11,906	65.61%	75.14%
Black or African American	5,532	30.48%	12.32%
Asian	298	1.64%	3.64%
Some other race	150	0.83%	5.46%
Two or more races	261	1.44%	2.43%

Decatur, Georgia Housing

	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
Total households	8,051		105,480,101
Family households (families)	3,854	47.87%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	4,197	52.13%	31.94%

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	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
Total housing units	8,513		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	446	5.24%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	8,051	94.57%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	4,706	55.28%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	3,345	39.29%	30.77%

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	Decatur, Georgia	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	16	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	315	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	549	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	870	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	1,638	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	772	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	58	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	220,400	119,600

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	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,697	21.08%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	2,753	34.19%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,213	15.07%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,001	12.43%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	620	7.7%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	784	9.74%	9.65%

Decatur, Georgia Education

	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,878		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	396	8.12%	6.47%
Kindergarten	198	4.06%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,709	35.03%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	765	15.68%	21.38%
College or graduate school	1,810	37.11%	22.81%

Decatur, Georgia Economy

	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
Population 16 years and over	14,913		217,168,077
In labor force	10,523	70.56%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	10,513	70.5%	63.39%
- - Employed	9,908	66.44%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	605	4.06%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.8		5.8
- Armed Forces	10	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	4,390	29.44%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	8,856	59.38%	51.66%
In labor force	5,834	39.12%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	5,824	39.05%	29.65%
- - Employed	5,396	36.18%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,158	7.77%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	655		12,787,501

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	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	8,005		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	838	10.47%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	366	4.57%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	883	11.03%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	856	10.69%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,188	14.84%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,412	17.64%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	957	11.96%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	951	11.88%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	229	2.86%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	325	4.06%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,395		41,994

	Decatur, Georgia	%, Decatur, Georgia	United States
With earnings	6,492	43.53%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	67,678		56,604
With Social Security income	1,726	11.57%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,668		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	354	2.37%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,552		6,320
With public assistance income	141	0.95%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,963		3,032
With retirement income	1,032	6.92%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	21,034		17,376

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