| People QuickFacts | Gwinnett County | Georgia |
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Population, 2009 estimate |
808,167 |
9,829,211 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 |
37.3% |
20.1% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
588,450 |
8,186,781 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 |
8.8% |
7.6% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 |
30.2% |
26.3% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 |
6.8% |
10.3% |
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Female persons, percent, 2009 |
49.7% |
50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
65.8% |
65.0% |
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Black persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
22.1% |
30.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.6% |
0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2009 (a) |
9.6% |
3.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2009 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2009 |
1.8% |
1.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2009 (b) |
18.0% |
8.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2009 |
49.2% |
57.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
41.7% |
49.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
16.9% |
7.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
21.2% |
9.9% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
87.3% |
78.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
34.1% |
24.3% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
76,647 |
1,456,812 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
32.2 |
27.7 |
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Housing units, 2009 |
288,869 |
4,063,548 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.4% |
67.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
22.4% |
20.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$142,100 |
$111,200 |
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Households, 2000 |
202,317 |
3,006,369 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.88 |
2.65 |
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Median household income, 2008 |
$66,327 |
$50,834 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$25,006 |
$21,154 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008 |
9.6% |
14.7% |