Demographics of Perry city, Georgia

Perry city, Georgia had 25,699 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +4,792 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Perry city, in four figures

25,699
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 23,001 ±58.; +22.9%
Change since July 2020: +4,792 people.; 36.2 ±2.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $76,909 ±$11,163
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Perry city, Georgia's population grew 22.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Perry city, 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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The figures

Perry city, Georgia's population grew 22.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Perry city, 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	20,907	100.0	100.0
2021	22,218	106.3	100.2
2022	23,470	112.3	100.7
2023	24,007	114.8	101.6
2024	24,811	118.7	102.5
2025	25,699	122.9	103.1

Population of Perry city, Georgia on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	20,907	—
2021	22,218	+1,311
2022	23,470	+1,252
2023	24,007	+537
2024	24,811	+804
2025	25,699	+888

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.2 ±2.1: for men 35.5 ±2.6 and for women 37.2 ±3.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Perry city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Under 5	1,503 ±403	6.5% ±1.8	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,943 ±618	17.1% ±2.7	17.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,894 ±364	8.2% ±1.6	9.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,142 ±765	31.1% ±3.3	27.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,207 ±760	22.6% ±3.3	25.1% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,312 ±504	14.4% ±2.2	15.0% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $76,909 ±$11,163, and income per person $36,748 ±$3,278, 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 Perry city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Georgia	United States
Under $25,000	1,802 ±519	19.9% ±5.6	15.4% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,502 ±399	16.6% ±4.3	17.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,094 ±283	12.1% ±3.0	15.9% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,146 ±309	12.7% ±3.3	13.0% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,953 ±400	21.6% ±4.2	17.3% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,047 ±394	11.6% ±4.3	9.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	507 ±192	5.6% ±2.1	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 Perry city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Georgia	United States
All ages	3,055 ±945	13.9% ±4.3	13.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	825 ±310	15.3% ±5.4	18.3% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,761 ±593	14.3% ±4.7	12.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	469 ±198	10.8% ±4.2	11.5% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Perry city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Perry city	Georgia	United States
Housing units	9,432 ±538	4,541,835 ±1,384	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	96.0% ±2.6	89.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.0% ±1.8	10.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.8% ±4.7	65.7% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.2% ±4.8	34.3% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$225,300 ±$16,596	$303,300 ±$1,171	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,132 ±$85	$1,393 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	2003 ±3	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 Perry city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Hispanic or Latino	480 to 1,998	2.1% to 8.7%	11.0% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,131 ±975	57.1% ±4.2	49.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	7,475 ±959	32.5% ±4.2	30.7% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	163 to 579	0.7% to 2.5%	4.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 69	0% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 27	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 112	0% to 0.5%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	709 ±276	3.1% ±1.2	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 Perry city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Georgia	United States
Born in the state	13,651 ±951	59.3% ±4.1	53.4% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,618 ±898	33.1% ±3.9	33.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	297 to 1,037	1.3% to 4.5%	1.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,065 ±490	4.6% ±2.1	11.2% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	346 to 1,256	1.5% to 5.5%	5.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	95 to 433	0.4% to 1.9%	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%.

Perry city among the places of Georgia

51st of 167 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Georgia page.

Places of Georgia near Perry city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Carrollton city	27,392 ±60
Sugar Hill city	26,128 ±39
Decatur city	24,518 ±46
Cartersville city	24,074 ±30
Griffin city	23,761 ±43
Perry city	23,001 ±58
Acworth city	22,473 ±50
Suwanee city	22,349 ±43
Snellville city	21,620 ±49
Candler-McAfee CDP	20,905 ±1,676
Fayetteville city	19,719 ±38

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Perry city, Georgia

Rankings this appears in

No. 23 Places in Georgia by median age
No. 25 Places in Georgia by homeownership rate
No. 28 Places in Georgia by median household income
No. 37 Places in Georgia by per capita income
No. 37 Places in Georgia by poverty rate
No. 78 Places in Georgia by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — 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 — incorporated places and New England towns 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