2022 population: 119,739 ( 10,506 from 2010 , 1,490 from 2020)
Land area: 497.2 square miles
Population density: 240.8 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	61,782	51.60%	0.9%
Black:	44,507	37.17%	14.7%
Indian:	339	0.28%	11.1%
Asian:	2,484	2.07%	50.3%
2+ races:	2,646	2.21%	51.7%
Hispanic:	7,981	6.67%	52.4%

Total non-White:	57,957	48.40%	20.7%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,564	15.1
Deaths:	2,617	11.1
Net Migration:	401	1.7
Net Immigration:	80	0.3

Change in White population:	548	0.5
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,958	9.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
109,233
61,234	56.06%
38,815	35.53%
305	0.28%
1,653	1.51%
1,744	1.60%
5,238	4.80%
47,999	43.94%

2000
92,115
55,992	60.78%
31,128	33.79%
305	0.33%
1,118	1.21%
1,021	1.11%
2,447	2.66%
36,123	39.22%

1990
75,981
50,029	65.84%
24,168	31.81%
339	0.45%
573	0.75%
n/a
872	1.15%
25,952	34.16%

1980
67,972
46,226	68.01%
20,314	29.89%
77	0.11%
299	0.44%
n/a
934	1.37%
21,746	31.99%

1970
55,112
38,676	70.18%
15,989	29.01%
23	0.04%
47	0.09%
n/a
332	0.60%
16,436	29.82%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,893	16.2
6,788	7.4
6,853	7.4
264	0.3

5,242	5.7
11,876	12.9

Number	Rate
1990's
14,237	18.7
6,424	8.5
129	0.2
507	0.7

5,963	7.8
10,171	13.4

Number	Rate
1980's
12,728	18.7
5,676	8.4
1,638	2.4
n/a

3,803	5.6
4,206	6.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,401	8.0
n/a

7,550	13.7
5,310	9.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Lowndes 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
30.9
28,595	23.9%
91,144	76.1%
15,069	12.6%

43,720
2.61

27,182	62.2%
18,482	68.0%
4,219	15.5%
16,538	37.8%

2010
Number	Percent
29.9
26,970	24.7%
82,263	75.3%
10,693	9.8%

39,747
2.59

26,191	65.9%
17,659	67.4%
3,919	15.0%
13,556	34.1%

2000
Number	Percent
30.7
24,032	26.1%
68,083	73.9%
8,375	9.1%

32,660
2.61

22,389	68.6%
15,960	71.3%
3,277	14.6%
10,271	31.4%

1990
Number	Percent
29.1
21,107	27.8%
54,874	72.2%
7,227	9.5%

26,299
2.73

19,190	73.0%
14,511	75.6%
2,359	12.3%
7,109	27.0%

1980
Number	Percent
26.3
21,325	31.4%
46,647	68.6%
5,913	8.7%

22,627
2.89

17,313	76.5%
13,795	79.7%
1,869	10.8%
5,314	23.5%

2022 Housing Data for Lowndes County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,906	11.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,930	4.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,237	5.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,173	5.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,301	5.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,265	5.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,566	3.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,812	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,625	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,499	8.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,230	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,357	12.3%
$100,000 to $124,999	3,909	8.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	1,889	4.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	2,297	5.3%
$200,000 or more	1,724	3.9%

Median Household Income	52,821
Per Capita Income	27,553

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	82
Compared to U.S.	78

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,919	4.4%
Public Assistance	750	1.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,433	17.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	44,443	60.6%
Unemployed	2,532	3.5%
In Armed Forces	3,063	4.2%

Total Labor Force	50,038	68.3%
Not in Labor Force	23,242	31.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	16,956	17,146	49.7%
Non-Profit	891	1,641	35.2%
Self-Employed	2,908	1,330	68.6%

Local Government	1,345	2,074	39.3%
State Government	1,619	2,160	42.8%
Federal Government	1,013	648	61.0%

Total Private + Self	19,864	18,476	51.8%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	4,868	6,523	42.7%
Total	24,732	24,999	49.7%

Pct. Govt.	17.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	5,789	11.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	12,792	25.7%
Professional, Technical	10,100	20.3%
Service Occupations	8,782	17.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	276	0.6%
All others	12,331	24.8%

White Collar		57.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	7,685	15.4%
Health care and social assistance	7,080	14.2%
Educational services	5,367	10.8%
Accommodation and food services	4,203	8.4%
Manufacturing	3,597	7.2%
Public administration	3,138	6.3%
Construction	3,129	6.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,577	5.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,401	4.8%
Transportation and warehousing	2,302	4.6%
Other services	1,856	3.7%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,332	2.7%
Wholesale trade	1,303	2.6%
Finance and insurance	1,299	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,183	2.4%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	529	1.1%
Information	485	1.0%
Utilities	241	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	70	0.1%
Management	17	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,434	2.90%
Puerto Rican	1,550	1.31%
Cuban	548	0.46%
Dominican	167	0.14%

Total Central American	568	0.48%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	404	0.34%
Honduran	35	0.03%
Nicaraguan	23	0.02%
Panamanian	73	0.06%
Salvadoran	33	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	512	0.43%
Argentinean	4	0.00%
Bolivian	14	0.01%
Chilean	33	0.03%
Colombian	277	0.23%
Ecuadorian	51	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	18	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	115	0.10%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	581	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	641	0.54%
Korean	198	0.17%
Vietnamese	195	0.16%
Indian	168	0.14%
Thai	159	0.13%
Chinese	126	0.11%
Japanese	113	0.10%
Taiwanese	21	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	103,433	93.7%
Spanish	4,252	3.9%
Other Indo-European	838	0.8%
Other	442	0.4%
Other Asian	277	0.3%
German, other Germanic	256	0.2%
Korean	230	0.2%
Tagalog	222	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	182	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	9,862	8.3%
Irish	7,407	6.3%
American	6,880	5.8%
German	5,890	5.0%
Italian	1,873	1.6%
Scottish	1,804	1.5%
European	1,494	1.3%
French	1,121	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	922	0.8%
Polish	792	0.7%
British	522	0.4%
African	521	0.4%
Welsh	515	0.4%
Dutch	465	0.4%
French Canadian	317	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	116,233	98.3%
Not a citizen	2,024	1.7%

Native	114,440	96.8%
Foreign-born	3,817	3.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,271	3.2%	4,990	7.1%	22,374	31.9%	22,175	31.6%	11,039	15.7%	7,246	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,271	3.2%
9-12 Years	4,990	7.1%
H.S. Grad or GED	22,374	31.9%
Some College	22,175	31.6%
Bach. Degree	11,039	15.7%
Grad Degree	7,246	10.3%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	34,016	32,442	1,574	4.6%	5.4%
1991	34,341	32,938	1,403	4.1%	5.3%
1992	35,579	33,494	2,085	5.9%	6.6%
1993	36,326	34,397	1,929	5.3%	5.7%
1994	37,220	35,618	1,602	4.3%	5.1%
1995	38,014	36,559	1,455	3.8%	4.8%
1996	39,405	37,966	1,439	3.7%	4.6%
1997	41,816	40,147	1,669	4.0%	4.5%
1998	42,974	41,258	1,716	4.0%	4.2%
1999	43,451	41,608	1,843	4.2%	3.8%

2000	43,232	41,319	1,913	4.4%	3.5%
2001	43,450	41,774	1,676	3.9%	4.1%
2002	46,101	44,223	1,878	4.1%	5.3%
2003	48,069	46,250	1,819	3.8%	5.1%
2004	48,816	46,981	1,835	3.8%	5.1%
2005	50,499	48,335	2,164	4.3%	5.7%
2006	52,047	49,871	2,176	4.2%	5.1%
2007	53,602	51,361	2,241	4.2%	4.9%
2008	54,754	51,528	3,226	5.9%	6.8%
2009	53,914	49,118	4,796	8.9%	10.4%

2010	51,165	46,177	4,988	9.7%	10.7%
2011	51,276	46,228	5,048	9.8%	10.1%
2012	52,282	47,580	4,702	9.0%	9.0%
2013	51,035	46,965	4,070	8.0%	8.1%
2014	50,467	46,786	3,681	7.3%	7.1%
2015	49,790	46,796	2,994	6.0%	6.1%
2016	51,312	48,569	2,743	5.3%	5.4%
2017	52,177	49,724	2,453	4.7%	4.8%
2018	51,885	49,739	2,146	4.1%	4.0%
2019	51,690	49,820	1,870	3.6%	3.5%

2020	51,599	48,484	3,115	6.0%	6.5%
2021	51,231	49,132	2,099	4.1%	3.9%
2022	50,565	48,914	1,651	3.3%	3.0%
2023	50,299	48,548	1,751	3.5%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	49,247
Median Value	$177,800

Occupied	43,720	88.8%
Vacant	5,527	11.2%

Owned	23,792	54.4%
Rented	19,928	45.6%
Median Rent	$951

Single-Family Units	34,935	70.9%
Detached	34,158	69.4%
Attached	777	1.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,684	13.6%
Mobile Homes	4,069	8.3%

Lowndes County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Lowndes County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Lowndes County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Lowndes County, GA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Lowndes County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Lowndes County, GA