2022 population: 178,421 ( 36,097 from 2010 , 9,761 from 2020)
Land area: 312.3 square miles
Population density: 571.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	112,259	62.92%	5.2%
Black:	43,571	24.42%	83.0%
Indian:	407	0.23%	15.3%
Asian:	2,641	1.48%	103.9%
2+ races:	4,245	2.38%	64.3%
Hispanic:	15,298	8.57%	110.6%

Total non-White:	66,162	37.08%	85.9%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,390	13.0
Deaths:	3,047	9.0
Net Migration:	8,224	24.4
Net Immigration:	218	0.6

Change in White population:	5,520	3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	30,577	21.5

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
142,324
106,739	75.00%
23,810	16.73%
353	0.25%
1,295	0.91%
2,583	1.81%
7,264	5.10%
35,585	25.00%

2000
81,678
73,188	89.61%
5,634	6.90%
212	0.26%
346	0.42%
816	1.00%
1,398	1.71%
8,490	10.39%

1990
41,611
39,446	94.80%
1,638	3.94%
183	0.44%
126	0.30%
n/a
218	0.52%
2,165	5.20%

1980
26,110
24,882	95.30%
1,041	3.99%
21	0.08%
22	0.08%
n/a
144	0.55%
1,228	4.70%

1970
17,520
16,050	91.61%
1,367	7.80%
15	0.09%
1	0.01%
n/a
76	0.43%
1,470	8.39%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
17,505	21.4
5,141	6.3
42,237	51.7
432	0.5

33,551	41.1
27,095	33.2

Number	Rate
1990's
10,373	24.9
3,201	7.7
35,216	84.6
150	0.4

33,742	81.1
6,325	15.2

Number	Rate
1980's
5,591	21.4
2,172	8.3
12,451	47.7
n/a

14,564	55.8
937	3.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
6,381	36.4
n/a

8,832	50.4
-242	-1.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Paulding 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
36.6
43,628	24.5%
134,793	75.5%
19,051	10.7%

56,715
2.98

44,601	78.6%
35,095	78.7%
3,713	8.3%
12,114	21.4%

2010
Number	Percent
33.8
43,094	30.3%
99,230	69.7%
10,220	7.2%

48,105
2.94

38,103	79.2%
29,597	77.7%
3,740	9.8%
10,002	20.8%

2000
Number	Percent
30.9
25,076	30.7%
56,602	69.3%
4,864	6.0%

28,159
2.88

23,014	81.7%
19,576	85.1%
1,469	6.4%
5,145	18.3%

1990
Number	Percent
29.8
12,145	29.2%
29,466	70.8%
3,094	7.4%

14,331
2.88

12,039	84.0%
10,416	86.5%
649	5.4%
2,292	16.0%

1980
Number	Percent
28.5
8,464	32.4%
17,646	67.6%
2,302	8.8%

8,763
2.97

7,201	82.2%
6,433	89.3%
322	4.5%
1,562	17.8%

2022 Housing Data for Paulding County, GA

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	1,690	3.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	516	0.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,298	2.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,156	2.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,264	2.2%
$30,000 to $34,999	1,175	2.1%
$35,000 to $39,999	1,631	2.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,972	3.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	1,843	3.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,317	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	5,570	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	9,783	17.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,037	12.4%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,631	11.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,619	11.7%
$200,000 or more	4,213	7.4%

Median Household Income	89,237
Per Capita Income	35,242

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	112
Compared to U.S.	107

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,743	4.8%
Public Assistance	1,632	2.9%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,667	10.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	74,451	71.4%
Unemployed	3,194	3.1%
In Armed Forces	298	0.3%

Total Labor Force	77,943	74.7%
Not in Labor Force	26,400	25.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	33,183	26,398	55.7%
Non-Profit	1,331	4,232	23.9%
Self-Employed	5,306	2,531	67.7%

Local Government	3,063	4,260	41.8%
State Government	567	1,572	26.5%
Federal Government	951	678	58.4%

Total Private + Self	38,489	28,929	57.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,912	10,742	35.5%
Total	44,401	39,671	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	13.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	14,528	17.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	19,711	23.4%
Professional, Technical	17,238	20.5%
Service Occupations	12,365	14.7%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	67	0.1%
All others	20,280	24.1%

White Collar		61.2%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	11,004	13.1%
Health care and social assistance	9,373	11.1%
Construction	8,791	10.5%
Educational services	7,241	8.6%
Manufacturing	7,073	8.4%
Accommodation and food services	5,597	6.7%
Transportation and warehousing	5,461	6.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,342	6.4%
Other services	4,021	4.8%
Public administration	3,895	4.6%
Finance and insurance	3,894	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,652	4.3%
Wholesale trade	2,578	3.1%
Utilities	1,745	2.1%
Information	1,427	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,330	1.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,075	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	434	0.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	119	0.1%
Management	70	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	5,362	3.16%
Puerto Rican	2,250	1.32%
Cuban	1,113	0.66%
Dominican	529	0.31%

Total Central American	1,753	1.03%
Costa Rican	302	0.18%
Guatemalan	211	0.12%
Honduran	447	0.26%
Nicaraguan	164	0.10%
Panamanian	14	0.01%
Salvadoran	615	0.36%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	770	0.45%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	30	0.02%
Colombian	279	0.16%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	299	0.18%
Uruguayan	62	0.04%
Venezuelan	100	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,117	0.66%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	563	0.33%
Filipino	484	0.28%
Chinese	254	0.15%
Vietnamese	149	0.09%
Japanese	96	0.06%
Korean	22	0.01%
Cambodian	19	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	145,835	91.5%
Spanish	8,383	5.3%
Other	1,393	0.9%
Other Indo-European	1,161	0.7%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,026	0.6%
Other Asian	453	0.3%
Tagalog	411	0.3%
German, other Germanic	362	0.2%
Chinese	289	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
American	21,396	12.6%
English	19,163	11.3%
Irish	17,337	10.2%
German	13,370	7.9%
Italian	4,347	2.6%
French	3,014	1.8%
European	2,737	1.6%
Scottish	2,466	1.5%
Polish	2,005	1.2%
Jamaican	1,288	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	1,242	0.7%
Dutch	1,238	0.7%
Welsh	1,226	0.7%
African	1,187	0.7%
Haitian	1,049	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	164,437	96.8%
Not a citizen	5,461	3.2%

Native	157,889	92.9%
Foreign-born	12,009	7.1%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,442	2.2%	7,591	6.8%	33,550	30.1%	38,383	34.4%	19,595	17.6%	10,025	9.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,442	2.2%
9-12 Years	7,591	6.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	33,550	30.1%
Some College	38,383	34.4%
Bach. Degree	19,595	17.6%
Grad Degree	10,025	9.0%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	22,104	21,002	1,102	5.0%	5.4%
1991	23,174	21,949	1,225	5.3%	5.3%
1992	24,587	23,114	1,473	6.0%	6.6%
1993	26,704	25,495	1,209	4.5%	5.7%
1994	29,091	28,080	1,011	3.5%	5.1%
1995	31,195	30,130	1,065	3.4%	4.8%
1996	33,735	32,844	891	2.6%	4.6%
1997	36,897	35,938	959	2.6%	4.5%
1998	39,866	38,972	894	2.2%	4.2%
1999	42,994	42,146	848	2.0%	3.8%

2000	45,527	44,320	1,207	2.7%	3.5%
2001	47,998	46,579	1,419	3.0%	4.1%
2002	50,298	48,122	2,176	4.3%	5.3%
2003	52,502	50,179	2,323	4.4%	5.1%
2004	55,074	52,533	2,541	4.6%	5.1%
2005	58,689	55,727	2,962	5.0%	5.7%
2006	62,512	59,708	2,804	4.5%	5.1%
2007	65,890	62,981	2,909	4.4%	4.9%
2008	68,244	63,854	4,390	6.4%	6.8%
2009	68,007	60,796	7,211	10.6%	10.4%

2010	73,923	66,434	7,489	10.1%	10.7%
2011	74,145	67,149	6,996	9.4%	10.1%
2012	74,215	68,145	6,070	8.2%	9.0%
2013	74,440	69,117	5,323	7.2%	8.1%
2014	74,715	70,102	4,613	6.2%	7.1%
2015	75,454	71,460	3,994	5.3%	6.1%
2016	79,648	75,914	3,734	4.7%	5.4%
2017	83,584	80,090	3,494	4.2%	4.8%
2018	85,545	82,555	2,990	3.5%	4.0%
2019	87,696	85,048	2,648	3.0%	3.5%

2020	85,313	80,718	4,595	5.4%	6.5%
2021	89,524	86,832	2,692	3.0%	3.9%
2022	91,455	89,068	2,387	2.6%	3.0%
2023	92,858	90,198	2,660	2.9%	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	59,896
Median Value	$251,100

Occupied	56,715	94.7%
Vacant	3,181	5.3%

Owned	45,544	80.3%
Rented	11,171	19.7%
Median Rent	$1,464

Single-Family Units	55,266	92.3%
Detached	54,253	90.6%
Attached	1,013	1.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	1,535	2.6%
Mobile Homes	2,156	3.6%

Paulding County, GA

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Paulding County, GA

2022 Housing Data for Paulding County, GA

2022 Income & Employment Data for Paulding County, GA

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Paulding County, GA

Historical Labor Force Data for Paulding County, GA