2024 population: 431,589 ( 26,794 from 2020)
Land area: 1349.5 square miles
Population density: 319.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	229,250	53.12%	4.3%
Black:	140,594	32.58%	5.0%
Indian:	995	0.23%	0.6%
Asian:	13,553	3.14%	23.5%
2+ races:	9,956	2.31%	16.1%
Hispanic:	37,241	8.63%	22.0%

Total non-White:	202,339	46.88%	9.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	21,170	13.1
Deaths:	16,966	10.5
Net Migration:	16,419	10.1
Net Immigration:	5,644	3.5

Change in White population:	9,401	2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	17,393	4.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
404,795
219,849	54.31%
133,882	33.07%
1,001	0.25%
10,975	2.71%
8,575	2.12%
30,513	7.54%
184,946	45.69%

2010
347,611
199,249	57.32%
116,466	33.50%
803	0.23%
7,389	2.13%
5,893	1.70%
17,207	4.95%
148,362	42.68%

2000
293,000
176,433	60.22%
101,588	34.67%
698	0.24%
4,487	1.53%
3,032	1.03%
6,399	2.18%
116,567	39.78%

1990
258,060
163,992	63.55%
87,897	34.06%
682	0.26%
2,571	1.00%
n/a
2,918	1.13%
94,068	36.45%

1980
230,728
143,881	62.36%
82,161	35.61%
395	0.17%
1,491	0.65%
n/a
2,645	1.15%
86,847	37.64%

1970
207,938
137,155	65.96%
68,327	32.86%
130	0.06%
439	0.21%
n/a
1,625	0.78%
70,783	34.04%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
47,201	13.6
27,824	8.0
19,990	5.8
6,261	1.8

20,600	5.9
36,584	10.5

Number	Rate
2000's
44,820	15.3
25,444	8.7
28,853	9.8
3,280	1.1

22,816	7.8
31,795	10.9

Number	Rate
1990's
45,267	17.5
24,421	9.5
6,011	2.3
2,539	1.0

12,441	4.8
22,499	8.7

Number	Rate
1980's
43,608	18.9
22,112	9.6
8,199	3.6
n/a

20,111	8.7
7,221	3.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-125	-0.1
n/a

6,726	3.2
16,064	7.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

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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):

2024
Number	Percent
36.9
94,543	21.9%
337,046	78.1%
64,279	14.9%

161,273
2.52

102,763	63.7%
71,734	69.8%
12,313	12.0%
58,510	36.3%

2010
Number	Percent
128.9
-637,592	-183.4%
985,203	283.4%
152,277	43.8%

493,794
2.52

322,943	65.4%
218,234	67.6%
47,504	14.7%
170,851	34.6%

2000
Number	Percent
34.4
76,627	26.2%
216,373	73.8%
34,757	11.9%

111,080
2.56

76,800	69.1%
55,409	72.1%
10,158	13.2%
34,280	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
31.9
70,387	27.3%
187,673	72.7%
30,768	11.9%

94,725
2.65

68,581	72.4%
51,298	74.8%
8,382	12.2%
26,144	27.6%

1980
Number	Percent
28.8
70,043	30.4%
160,685	69.6%
23,352	10.1%

80,505
2.81

60,719	75.4%
46,995	77.4%
6,762	11.1%
19,786	24.6%

2024 Housing Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	8,238	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,875	3.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,510	2.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,335	2.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,790	3.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,567	3.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	5,542	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	6,740	4.2%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,301	3.3%
$50,000 to $59,999	11,110	6.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	16,371	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	22,235	13.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,000	11.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	12,089	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	14,803	9.2%
$200,000 or more	15,767	9.8%

Median Household Income	77,034
Per Capita Income	40,607

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	90

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	8,622	5.3%
Public Assistance	2,245	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	18,446	11.4%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	171,900	69.4%
Unemployed	10,850	4.4%
In Armed Forces	4,969	2.0%

Total Labor Force	187,719	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	60,153	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	70,921	65,320	52.1%
Non-Profit	5,206	9,029	36.6%
Self-Employed	11,851	8,434	58.4%

Local Government	5,578	10,042	35.7%
State Government	2,754	4,192	39.6%
Federal Government	3,204	2,666	54.6%

Total Private + Self	82,772	73,754	52.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,742	25,929	39.2%
Total	99,514	99,683	50.0%

Pct. Govt.	14.3%
Pct. Private + Self	78.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	31,735	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	40,026	20.1%
Professional, Technical	47,528	23.8%
Service Occupations	34,837	17.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	509	0.3%
All others	45,450	22.8%

White Collar		59.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	25,562	12.8%
Health care and social assistance	25,321	12.7%
Manufacturing	20,123	10.1%
Educational services	18,098	9.1%
Accommodation and food services	17,848	8.9%
Transportation and warehousing	15,893	8.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	13,893	7.0%
Construction	12,427	6.2%
Public administration	9,616	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	8,829	4.4%
Other services	8,510	4.3%
Finance and insurance	6,049	3.0%
Wholesale trade	4,183	2.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,876	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,814	1.9%
Information	2,772	1.4%
Utilities	1,204	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	974	0.5%
Management	429	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	155	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	12,975	3.10%
Puerto Rican	7,549	1.80%
Cuban	1,958	0.47%
Dominican	575	0.14%

Total Central American	4,987	1.19%
Costa Rican	269	0.06%
Guatemalan	1,518	0.36%
Honduran	1,899	0.45%
Nicaraguan	581	0.14%
Panamanian	353	0.08%
Salvadoran	367	0.09%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,886	0.69%
Argentinean	167	0.04%
Bolivian	44	0.01%
Chilean	83	0.02%
Colombian	981	0.23%
Ecuadorian	198	0.05%
Paraguayan	16	0.00%
Peruvian	652	0.16%
Uruguayan	28	0.01%
Venezuelan	655	0.16%
Other South American	62	0.01%

Other Hispanic	2,572	0.61%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	3,625	0.87%
Chinese	2,315	0.55%
Korean	1,584	0.38%
Filipino	1,486	0.36%
Vietnamese	941	0.22%
Burmese	232	0.06%
Japanese	218	0.05%
Thai	114	0.03%
Indonesian	60	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	352,565	89.7%
Spanish	22,517	5.7%
Other Indo-European	5,077	1.3%
German, other Germanic	2,159	0.5%
Other	1,950	0.5%
Chinese	1,713	0.4%
Other Asian	1,484	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,407	0.4%
Korean	1,354	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	46,135	11.0%
Irish	39,993	9.6%
German	38,363	9.2%
American	26,562	6.4%
Italian	15,056	3.6%
Scottish	8,058	1.9%
French	5,827	1.4%
Polish	4,961	1.2%
European	4,367	1.0%
Scotch-Irish	4,251	1.0%
African	3,883	0.9%
Jamaican	3,217	0.8%
Dutch	2,695	0.6%
Swedish	2,423	0.6%
Welsh	2,352	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	401,832	96.1%
Not a citizen	16,453	3.9%

Native	385,998	92.3%
Foreign-born	32,287	7.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
8,240	2.9%	16,606	5.9%	71,606	25.3%	85,193	30.1%	61,469	21.7%	39,939	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	8,240	2.9%
9-12 Years	16,606	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	71,606	25.3%
Some College	85,193	30.1%
Bach. Degree	61,469	21.7%
Grad Degree	39,939	14.1%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	239,598	228,886	10,712	4.5%
1991	241,644	230,470	11,174	4.6%
1992	251,156	235,394	15,762	6.3%
1993	250,978	236,644	14,334	5.7%
1994	254,304	240,450	13,854	5.4%
1995	256,772	243,718	13,054	5.1%
1996	261,078	248,394	12,684	4.9%
1997	269,890	256,932	12,958	4.8%
1998	273,030	260,882	12,148	4.4%
1999	275,212	264,232	10,980	4.0%

2000	283,014	273,218	9,796	3.5%
2001	286,148	276,024	10,124	3.5%
2002	297,652	284,466	13,186	4.4%
2003	304,006	290,418	13,588	4.5%
2004	319,744	305,640	14,104	4.4%
2005	331,560	315,864	15,696	4.7%
2006	342,276	327,814	14,462	4.2%
2007	356,954	342,196	14,758	4.1%
2008	360,134	338,878	21,256	5.9%
2009	353,566	322,032	31,534	8.9%

2010	336,082	302,688	33,394	9.9%
2011	339,400	306,166	33,234	9.8%
2012	345,018	314,332	30,686	8.9%
2013	345,480	317,920	27,560	8.0%
2014	346,536	321,944	24,592	7.1%
2015	349,122	328,942	20,180	5.8%
2016	362,862	343,940	18,922	5.2%
2017	375,286	358,628	16,658	4.4%
2018	379,438	365,478	13,960	3.7%
2019	385,278	372,716	12,562	3.3%

2020	381,498	354,954	26,544	7.0%
2021	392,946	377,512	15,434	3.9%
2022	396,108	384,606	11,502	2.9%
2023	401,108	389,690	11,418	2.8%
2024	420,484	407,580	12,904	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	181,432
Median Value	$302,891

Occupied	161,273	88.9%
Vacant	20,159	11.1%

Owned	100,253	62.2%
Rented	61,020	37.8%
Median Rent	$1,439

Single-Family Units	125,866	69.4%
Detached	117,421	64.7%
Attached	8,445	4.7%
Buldings with 5+ Units	29,611	16.3%
Mobile Homes	11,067	6.1%

Savannah, GA Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

2024 Housing Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Savannah, GA Metro Area