Dalton, GA

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
144,160
US Senator
Jon Ossoff
Democratic Party
US Senator
Raphael Warnock
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
37.1
0.269% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
14.7%
8.66% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$67,846
3.24% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$208,800
9.43% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
67,610
1.62% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Dalton, 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.

90.6% of the residents in Dalton, GA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Dalton, GA are Dalton State College (714 degrees awarded in 2023) and Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology (43 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Dalton, GA was $208,800, and the homeownership rate was 69%.

Most people in Dalton, GA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Dalton, GA was 2 cars per household.

Dalton, GA borders Calhoun, GA, Chattanooga, TN-GA, and Cleveland, TN.

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Population & Diversity

Dalton, GA is home to a population of 144k people, from which 90.6% are citizens. As of 2024, 15.2% of Dalton, GA residents were born outside of the country (22k people).

In 2024, there were 4.41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (89.8k people) in Dalton, GA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 20.4k Other (Hispanic) and 11.1k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.6%
2024 Citizenship
91%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.6% of Dalton, GA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Dalton, GA was 91%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Dalton, GA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    89.8k ± 532
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    20.4k ± 1.8k
  3. White (Hispanic)
    11.1k ± 1.63k
31.3%
Hispanic Population
45.1k people

In 2024, there were 4.41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (89.8k people) in Dalton, GA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 20.4k Other (Hispanic) and 11.1k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

31.3% of the people in Dalton, GA are hispanic (45.1k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Dalton, GA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Georgia.
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

15.2%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
22k people
15.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
21.7k people

As of 2024, 15.2% of Dalton, GA residents (22k 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 Dalton, GA was 15.1%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    1,798 ± 249
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    1,037 ± 272
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    829 ± 248

Dalton, GA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.73 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Dalton, GA employs 67.6k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Dalton, GA were Manufacturing (22,576 people), Retail Trade (7,006 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (6,054 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($65,694), Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($63,125), and Information ($55,025).

Employment

Occupations

67.6k
2024 Value
± 2,361
1.62%
1 Year growth
± 4.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dalton, GA grew at a rate of 1.62%, from 66.5k employees to 67.6k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Dalton, GA, are Production Occupations (11,522 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (7,748 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (5,920 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Dalton, GA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

67.6k
2024 Value
± 2,361
1.62%
1 Year growth
± 4.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Dalton, GA grew at a rate of 1.62%, from 66.5k employees to 67.6k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Dalton, GA, are Manufacturing (22,576 people), Retail Trade (7,006 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (6,054 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Dalton, GA, though some of these residents may live in Dalton, 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

$44,995
Median earning men ± $1,726
$34,270
Median earning women ± $1,304

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($77,386), Information ($71,761), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($58,828).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($53,643), Wholesale Trade ($44,018), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($41,174).

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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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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 245
    Retail Trade
  2. 147
    Retail Trade
  3. 145
    Other Services (except Public Administration)

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The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $1.09M
    Manufacturing
  2. $358k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  3. $262k
    Wholesale Trade

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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 Dalton, GA awarded 757 degrees. The student population of Dalton, GA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 1,859 male students and 3,114 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Dalton, GA are White (453 and 60.5%), Hispanic or Latino (214 and 28.6%), Asian (24 and 3.2%), and Black or African American (20 and 2.67%).

The largest universities in Dalton, GA by number of degrees awarded are Dalton State College (714 and 94.3%) and Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology (43 and 5.68%).

The most popular majors in Dalton, GA are Liberal Arts & Sciences (102 and 13.5%), Registered Nursing (100 and 13.2%), and Elementary Education & Teaching (50 and 6.61%).

The median tuition cost in Dalton, GA for a public four year colleges is $2,563 for in-state students and $9,469 for out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 4,973 students enrolled in Dalton, GA, 37.4% men and 62.6% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,596 records, of which 62.2% were women and 37.8% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Elementary Education & Teaching
    50 degrees awarded
  2. Other Business Administration, Management, & Operations
    47 degrees awarded
  3. General Biological Sciences
    42 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Dalton, GA was Elementary Education & Teaching with 50 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Dalton, GA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. Dalton State College
    714 degrees awarded
  2. Dalton Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology
    43 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Dalton State College with 714 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 230 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Dalton, GA, which is 0.436 times less than the 527 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 453 degrees mean that there were 2.12 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 214 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 4-year or above ($2,563) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($720) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($1,743) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Dalton, GA was $208,800 in 2024, which is 0.628 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $190,800 to $208,800, a 9.43% increase. The homeownership rate in Dalton, GA is 69%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Dalton, GA have an average commute time of 23.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Dalton, GA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$208,800
Median Property Value 2024
±$7,961
$35,936
Median Property Taxes
±$1,590

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 Dalton, GA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Dalton, GA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

69%
Homeownership
2024
67.4%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 69% of the housing units in Dalton, GA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 69.6%.

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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.
$67,846
Median Household Income
± $2,215
52.1k
Number of Households
± 1,842

In 2024, the median household income of the 52.1k households in Dalton, GA grew to $67,846 from the previous year's value of $65,715.

The following chart displays the households in Dalton, GA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Dalton, 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 (83%)
  2. Carpooled (9.85%)
  3. Worked At Home (4.97%)

In 2024, 83% of workers in Dalton, GA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.85%) and those who worked at home (4.97%).

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

23.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Dalton, GA have a shorter commute time (23.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.65% of the workforce in Dalton, GA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Dalton, GA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Dalton, GA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Dalton, GA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Dalton, GA (21k out of 143k 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 35 - 44, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Dalton, GA is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

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

83.1% of the population of Dalton, GA has health coverage, with 44.2% on employee plans, 17.3% on Medicaid, 11.9% on Medicare, 9% on non-group plans, and 0.652% 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, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,517 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Georgia

Primary care physicians in Georgia see an average of 1,517 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,517 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Georgia in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.2% under 18 years, 21% between 18 and 34 years, 37.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.9% were men and 50.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

16.9%
Uninsured
44.2%
Employer Coverage
17.3%
Medicaid
11.9%
Medicare
9%
Non-Group
0.652%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Dalton, GA grew by 2.78% from 16.4% to 16.9%.

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