Demographics of Chattooga County, Georgia

Chattooga County, Georgia had 25,300 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +373 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Chattooga County, in four figures

25,300
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +373 people.; 41.1 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $50,285 ±$2,880
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Chattooga County, Georgia's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Chattooga County, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Chattooga County, Georgia's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Chattooga County, Georgia's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	24,927	100.0	100.0
2021	24,856	99.7	100.2
2022	24,921	100.0	100.7
2023	25,167	101.0	101.6
2024	25,261	101.3	102.5
2025	25,300	101.5	103.1

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Population of Chattooga County, Georgia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	24,927	−48	−31	0	−21
2021	24,856	−71	−136	+9	+39
2022	24,921	+65	−203	+44	+230
2023	25,167	+246	−147	+46	+341
2024	25,261	+94	−169	+65	+197
2025	25,300	+39	−175	+38	+176

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.1 ±0.6: for men 38.6 ±1.3 and for women 43.7 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Chattooga County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	1,283 ±94	5.1% ±0.4	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,218 ±313	16.8% ±1.3	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,912 ±254	7.6% ±1.0	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,399 ±345	25.6% ±1.4	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	6,548 ±391	26.2% ±1.6	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,676 ±365	18.7% ±1.5	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $50,285 ±$2,880, and income per person $24,268 ±$1,420, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,353 ±$407 in Georgia and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Chattooga County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	2,215 ±352	24.2% ±3.8	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,320 ±313	25.3% ±3.3	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,057 ±316	22.5% ±3.4	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	859 ±159	9.4% ±1.7	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,132 ±219	12.4% ±2.4	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	337 ±121	3.7% ±1.3	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	234 ±87	2.6% ±0.9	11.9% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Chattooga County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	4,968 ±688	21.2% ±2.9	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,942 ±356	36.2% ±5.5	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,195 ±327	18.7% ±2.7	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	831 ±243	13.1% ±3.7	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Chattooga County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Chattooga County	Georgia	United States
Housing units	10,882 ±33	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	84.1% ±2.7	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	15.9% ±2.7	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.8% ±3.4	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.2% ±3.7	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$115,600 ±$12,190	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$790 ±$100	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Chattooga County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,436 ±0	5.7% ±<0.1	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	20,291 ±162	81.0% ±0.6	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,238 ±110	8.9% ±0.4	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	35 to 147	0.1% to 0.6%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2 to 30	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 13	0% to 0.1%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	955 ±203	3.8% ±0.8	3.9% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Chattooga County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	18,518 ±586	74.0% ±2.3	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,338 ±548	21.3% ±2.2	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	124 to 482	0.5% to 1.9%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	877 ±172	3.5% ±0.7	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	321 ±146	1.3% ±0.6	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	556 ±118	2.2% ±0.5	5.8% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Chattooga County among the counties of Georgia

78th of 159 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Counties of Georgia near Chattooga County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Toombs County	27,545	+1.7%
Butts County	27,218	+6.5%
Grady County	26,590	+1.4%
Fannin County	26,111	+2.6%
Franklin County	25,948	+10.5%
Chattooga County	25,300	+1.5%
Burke County	24,408	−0.9%
Tattnall County	24,376	+0.2%
Putnam County	23,722	+7.0%
Emanuel County	23,147	+1.2%
Morgan County	22,095	+9.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 4 Counties in Georgia by poverty rate
No. 34 Counties in Georgia by median age
No. 52 Counties in Georgia by foreign-born share
No. 61 Counties in Georgia by median rent
No. 68 Counties in Georgia by homeownership rate
No. 76 Counties in Georgia by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026