Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA

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2024 Population
201,528
US Senator
Jon Ossoff
Democratic Party
US Senator
Raphael Warnock
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
35.2
0.86% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
20.1%
4.91% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$55,485
4.42% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$178,400
9.52% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
85,905
1.32% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.2% of the residents in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are Augusta University (2,556 degrees awarded in 2023), Augusta Technical College (1,416 degrees), and Miller-Motte College-Augusta (284 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was $178,400, and the homeownership rate was 50.8%.

Most people in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA is home to a population of 202k people, from which 98.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.83% of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA residents were born outside of the country (7.71k people).

In 2024, there were 1.82 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (113k people) in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 62.2k White (Non-Hispanic) and 7.97k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.2%
2024 Citizenship
98.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 98.2% of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was 98.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA
  1. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    113k ± 1.23k
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    62.2k ± 570
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    7.97k ± 1.01k
5.87%
Hispanic Population
11.8k people

In 2024, there were 1.82 times more Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents (113k people) in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 62.2k White (Non-Hispanic) and 7.97k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

5.87% of the people in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are hispanic (11.8k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    229,616 ± 11,639 people
  2. India
    106,959 ± 7,990 people
  3. Jamaica
    51,506 ± 5,559 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Georgia was Mexico, the natal country of 229,616 Georgia residents, followed by India with 106,959 and Jamaica with 51,506.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.83%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
7.71k people
3.52%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
7.09k people

As of 2024, 3.83% of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA residents (7.71k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was 3.52%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    5,578 ± 700
  2. Vietnam
    3,674 ± 464
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    3,598 ± 521

Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.52 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA employs 85.9k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA were Health Care & Social Assistance (13,650 people), Retail Trade (10,857 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (8,604 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($98,750), Utilities ($89,314), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($62,088).

Employment

Occupations

85.9k
2024 Value
± 2,967
1.32%
1 Year growth
± 4.81%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA grew at a rate of 1.32%, from 84.8k employees to 85.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (9,697 people), Sales & Related Occupations (8,288 people), and Management Occupations (6,440 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

85.9k
2024 Value
± 2,967
1.32%
1 Year growth
± 4.81%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA grew at a rate of 1.32%, from 84.8k employees to 85.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (13,650 people), Retail Trade (10,857 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (8,604 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, though some of these residents may live in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$39,975
Median earning men ± $2,221
$33,690
Median earning women ± $1,467

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($62,154), Information ($59,837), and Wholesale Trade ($56,566).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Wholesale Trade ($45,708), Public Administration ($42,453), and Information ($41,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.94%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.87M people employed in Georgia. This represents a 2.94% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Georgia.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Georgia went to Donald J. Trump with 50.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.5%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.394%).

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are the senators currently representing the state of Georgia. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Georgia is currently represented by 14 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

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2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (50.7%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (48.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Chase Oliver (0.394%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Georgia went to Donald J. Trump with 50.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (48.5%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.394%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Georgia for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Georgia

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Jon Ossoff
Senator from Georgia2
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Inauguration delayed as incumbent senator David Perdue's term expired on January 3, 2021, two days prior to the runoff election.
Raphael Warnock
Senator from Georgia3
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Elected to the seat to succeed Kelly Loeffler, who had been appointed to the seat following the resignation of Johnny Isakson.

Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are the senators currently representing Georgia.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Georgia over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA awarded 4,450 degrees. The student population of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 5,181 male students and 9,905 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are White (2,187 and 49.4%), Black or African American (1,445 and 32.7%), Hispanic or Latino (279 and 6.31%), and Asian (220 and 4.97%).

The largest universities in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA by number of degrees awarded are Augusta University (2,556 and 57.4%), Augusta Technical College (1,416 and 31.8%), and Miller-Motte College-Augusta (284 and 6.38%).

The most popular majors in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are Registered Nursing (329 and 7.39%), Computer & Information Systems Security (274 and 6.16%), and Curriculum & Instruction (250 and 5.62%).

The median tuition costs in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA are $12,706 for private four year colleges, and $6,892 and $22,270 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, the percentage of applicants admitted was 87.7%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 18.8%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 15,086 (34.3% men and 65.7% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 15,086 students enrolled in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, 34.3% men and 65.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 6,416 records, of which 61.7% were women and 38.3% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Registered Nursing
    165 degrees awarded
  2. General Business
    104 degrees awarded
  3. General Psychology
    82 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was Registered Nursing with 165 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Augusta University
    2,556 degrees awarded
  2. Augusta Technical College
    1,416 degrees awarded
  3. Miller-Motte College-Augusta
    284 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Augusta University with 2,556 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 1,718 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA, which is 0.629 times less than the 2,732 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 2,187 degrees mean that there were 1.51 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 1,445 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 2-year ($15,431) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,890) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($2,500) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA was $178,400 in 2024, which is 0.536 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $162,900 to $178,400, a 9.52% increase. The homeownership rate in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA is 50.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA have an average commute time of 21.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$178,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$5,510
$38,202
Median Property Taxes
±$1,599

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

50.8%
Homeownership
2024
65.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 50.8% of the housing units in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 50.9%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$55,485
Median Household Income
± $2,918
75.2k
Number of Households
± 2,549

In 2024, the median household income of the 75.2k households in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA grew to $55,485 from the previous year's value of $53,134.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA is from Georgia.
0.471
2023 Wage GINI in Georgia
0.474
2022 Wage GINI in Georgia

In 2023, the income inequality in Georgia was 0.471 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.558% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Georgia was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Georgia in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (76.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.12%)
  3. Carpooled (7.03%)

In 2024, 76.3% of workers in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.12%) and those who carpooled to work (7.03%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

21.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA have a shorter commute time (21.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.31% of the workforce in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

20.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA (38.6k out of 192k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA is Black, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

88.2% of the population of Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA has health coverage, with 35.3% on employee plans, 22.5% on Medicaid, 9.69% on Medicare, 15.8% on non-group plans, and 4.8% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Georgia see 1,517 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,517 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1856 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 525 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.4% were men and 53.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.3% under 18 years, 23.4% between 18 and 34 years, 35.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.4% were men and 53.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

11.8%
Uninsured
35.3%
Employer Coverage
22.5%
Medicaid
9.69%
Medicare
15.8%
Non-Group
4.8%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), GA grew by 2.54% from 11.5% to 11.8%.

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