2022 population: 18,348 ( 3,884 from 2010 , 2,190 from 2020)
Land area: 400.4 square miles
Population density: 45.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	9,981	54.40%	17.5%
Black:	4,970	27.09%	40.4%
Indian:	108	0.59%	42.1%
Asian:	266	1.45%	65.2%
2+ races:	700	3.82%	81.8%
Hispanic:	2,323	12.66%	30.7%

Total non-White:	8,367	45.60%	40.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	595	18.4
Deaths:	329	10.2
Net Migration:	1,891	58.5
Net Immigration:	10	0.3

Change in White population:	1,490	10.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	2,394	16.6

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
14,464
8,491	58.70%
3,541	24.48%
76	0.53%
161	1.11%
385	2.66%
1,778	12.29%
5,973	41.30%

2000
10,304
6,678	64.81%
2,429	23.57%
63	0.61%
83	0.81%
165	1.60%
870	8.44%
3,626	35.19%

1990
6,202
4,613	74.38%
1,347	21.72%
17	0.27%
47	0.76%
n/a
178	2.87%
1,589	25.62%

1980
4,524
3,263	72.13%
1,150	25.42%
0	0.00%
2	0.04%
n/a
109	2.41%
1,261	27.87%

1970
3,746
2,529	67.51%
1,193	31.85%
3	0.08%
0	0.00%
n/a
22	0.59%
1,217	32.49%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,468	14.2
578	5.6
781	7.6
315	3.1

1,813	17.6
2,347	22.8

Number	Rate
1990's
1,512	24.4
504	8.1
1,296	20.9
34	0.5

2,065	33.3
2,037	32.8

Number	Rate
1980's
1,220	27.0
421	9.3
989	21.9
n/a

1,350	29.8
328	7.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
451	12.0
n/a

734	19.6
44	1.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Long 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
34.4
4,615	25.2%
13,733	74.8%
1,544	8.4%

5,547
3.00

3,846	69.3%
2,764	71.9%
441	11.5%
1,701	30.7%

2010
Number	Percent
30.6
4,419	30.6%
10,045	69.4%
1,055	7.3%

5,023
2.81

3,654	72.7%
2,453	67.1%
615	16.8%
1,369	27.3%

2000
Number	Percent
27.2
3,376	32.8%
6,928	67.2%
580	5.6%

3,576
2.88

2,693	75.3%
2,014	74.8%
329	12.2%
883	24.7%

1990
Number	Percent
27.5
1,844	29.7%
4,358	70.3%
529	8.5%

2,225
2.71

1,748	78.6%
1,425	81.5%
122	7.0%
477	21.4%

1980
Number	Percent
25.3
1,519	33.6%
3,005	66.4%
386	8.5%

1,506
3.00

1,154	76.6%
993	86.0%
55	4.8%
352	23.4%

2022 Housing Data for Long County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	140	2.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	459	8.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	285	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	223	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	367	6.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	251	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	139	2.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	278	5.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	219	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	564	10.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	609	11.0%
$75,000 to $99,999	690	12.4%
$100,000 to $124,999	576	10.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	365	6.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	229	4.1%
$200,000 or more	153	2.8%

Median Household Income	56,819
Per Capita Income	26,995

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	80
Compared to U.S.	76

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	651	11.7%
Public Assistance	39	0.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	952	17.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	6,061	61.6%
Unemployed	309	3.1%
In Armed Forces	608	6.2%

Total Labor Force	6,978	70.9%
Not in Labor Force	2,865	29.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		32.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	2,381	2,103	53.1%
Non-Profit	107	180	37.3%
Self-Employed	486	189	72.0%

Local Government	385	275	58.3%
State Government	234	63	78.8%
Federal Government	248	222	52.8%

Total Private + Self	2,867	2,292	55.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	974	740	56.8%
Total	3,841	3,032	55.9%

Pct. Govt.	20.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	976	14.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,061	15.4%
Professional, Technical	728	10.6%
Service Occupations	1,542	22.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	83	1.2%
All others	2,566	37.3%

White Collar		40.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	873	12.7%
Construction	835	12.1%
Accommodation and food services	824	12.0%
Health care and social assistance	802	11.7%
Public administration	589	8.6%
Transportation and warehousing	495	7.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	460	6.7%
Educational services	423	6.2%
Other services	282	4.1%
Manufacturing	251	3.7%
Wholesale trade	210	3.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	197	2.9%
Utilities	192	2.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	133	1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	124	1.8%
Finance and insurance	54	0.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	52	0.8%
Information	47	0.7%
Management	30	0.4%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	1,091	6.49%
Puerto Rican	640	3.81%
Cuban	8	0.05%
Dominican	6	0.04%

Total Central American	220	1.31%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	0	0.00%
Honduran	31	0.18%
Nicaraguan	79	0.47%
Panamanian	81	0.48%
Salvadoran	29	0.17%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	68	0.40%
Korean	32	0.19%
Vietnamese	25	0.15%
Japanese	5	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	13,998	88.5%
Spanish	1,346	8.5%
Other Indo-European	157	1.0%
German, other Germanic	135	0.9%
French, Haitian, Cajun	68	0.4%
Tagalog	40	0.3%
Other Asian	38	0.2%
Korean	32	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	1,563	9.3%
German	1,344	8.0%
American	1,004	6.0%
English	887	5.3%
Italian	359	2.1%
French	278	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	202	1.2%
European	180	1.1%
Hungarian	168	1.0%
Scottish	123	0.7%
Greek	104	0.6%
Dutch	92	0.5%
Haitian	75	0.4%
Jamaican	62	0.4%
U.S. Virgin Islander	60	0.4%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	16,467	98.0%
Not a citizen	337	2.0%

Native	16,123	95.9%
Foreign-born	681	4.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
275	2.5%	1,472	13.6%	4,487	41.5%	3,166	29.3%	848	7.9%	552	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	275	2.5%
9-12 Years	1,472	13.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	4,487	41.5%
Some College	3,166	29.3%
Bach. Degree	848	7.9%
Grad Degree	552	5.1%
Average years of education: 12.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	2,457	2,340	117	4.8%	5.4%
1991	2,417	2,337	80	3.3%	5.3%
1992	2,518	2,425	93	3.7%	6.6%
1993	2,712	2,574	138	5.1%	5.7%
1994	2,836	2,725	111	3.9%	5.1%
1995	3,049	2,924	125	4.1%	4.8%
1996	3,278	3,164	114	3.5%	4.6%
1997	3,476	3,348	128	3.7%	4.5%
1998	3,577	3,459	118	3.3%	4.2%
1999	3,668	3,563	105	2.9%	3.8%

2000	4,297	4,142	155	3.6%	3.5%
2001	4,523	4,376	147	3.3%	4.1%
2002	4,720	4,513	207	4.4%	5.3%
2003	4,940	4,746	194	3.9%	5.1%
2004	5,247	5,022	225	4.3%	5.1%
2005	5,759	5,511	248	4.3%	5.7%
2006	5,717	5,474	243	4.3%	5.1%
2007	5,917	5,680	237	4.0%	4.9%
2008	6,490	6,178	312	4.8%	6.8%
2009	6,649	6,193	456	6.9%	10.4%

2010	6,246	5,713	533	8.5%	10.7%
2011	6,364	5,803	561	8.8%	10.1%
2012	6,625	6,067	558	8.4%	9.0%
2013	6,688	6,148	540	8.1%	8.1%
2014	6,690	6,192	498	7.4%	7.1%
2015	7,005	6,587	418	6.0%	6.1%
2016	7,424	7,018	406	5.5%	5.4%
2017	8,050	7,657	393	4.9%	4.8%
2018	8,066	7,741	325	4.0%	4.0%
2019	8,345	8,032	313	3.8%	3.5%

2020	8,139	7,782	357	4.4%	6.5%
2021	8,432	8,173	259	3.1%	3.9%
2022	8,473	8,210	263	3.1%	3.0%
2023	8,463	8,191	272	3.2%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	6,383
Median Value	$159,900

Occupied	5,547	86.9%
Vacant	836	13.1%

Owned	3,374	60.8%
Rented	2,173	39.2%
Median Rent	$846

Single-Family Units	3,573	56.0%
Detached	3,542	55.5%
Attached	31	0.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	404	6.3%
Mobile Homes	2,383	37.3%

Long County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Long County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Long County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Long County, GA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Long County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Long County, GA