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Hall County

Georgia · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
212,705
Median household income
$80,901
People below poverty
11.8%
Median home value
$350,400

Income

The median income of households in Hall County, Georgia was $80,901. An estimated 4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 11.6% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4
$10,000 to $14,999 2.6
$15,000 to $24,999 5.8
$25,000 to $34,999 6.1
$35,000 to $49,999 9.9
$50,000 to $74,999 18.3
$75,000 to $99,999 13.8
$100,000 to $149,999 18.3
$150,000 to $199,999 9.5
$200,000 or more 11.6

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 55383
Female 45389

An estimated 79% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.5% of households received Social Security and an estimated 25.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,290. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 79
Social Security 32.5
Retirement income 25.3
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4.1
Cash public assistance income 1.9

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 11.8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 17.6% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.1% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 10.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 11.8
Children under 18 years below poverty 17.6
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.1
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 10.2

In 2020-2024, 9.6 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 53.6% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 40.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 28.9% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024, 83.5% had health insurance coverage and 16.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 62.7% and public coverage was 33.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 9.8%.


In 2020-2024, Hall County, Georgia had a total population of 212,705 - 106,275 (50%) females and 106,430 (50%) males. The median age was 38.4 years. An estimated 23.8% of the population was under 18 years, 32.2% was 19 to 44 years, 25.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 16.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 6562 6407
5 to 9 6660 6367
10 to 14 7807 7313
15 to 19 7812 6916
20 to 24 7368 7012
25 to 29 7151 6890
30 to 34 7206 6634
35 to 39 6374 5909
40 to 44 6750 7210
45 to 49 6571 6529
50 to 54 7223 7031
55 to 59 6642 6936
60 to 64 6489 6277
65 to 69 5368 5582
70 to 74 4142 5172
75 to 79 3124 3698
80 to 84 1636 2265
85 and over 1545 2127

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 63.3% were White; 6.9% were Black or African American; 13.8% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 2.2% were Asian; 3.7% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 18% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 29.1% of the people in Hall County, Georgia were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 57.9% of the people in Hall County, Georgia were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 73,551 households in Hall County, Georgia. The average household size was 2.86 people.

Married-couple households made up 54.6% of the households in Hall County, Georgia while cohabiting couple households made up 6.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 23.9% of all households, while 15.4% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 9.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 11.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 21% of all households.

In Hall County, Georgia, 34.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 32.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 54.6
Cohabiting Couples 6.1
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
15.4
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
23.9

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 54% of males and 50% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 33.2 28.7
Now married, except separated 54 50
Separated 1.4 1.9
Widowed 2.5 7.7
Divorced 9 11.7

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In Hall County, Georgia, 5,659 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 29.7% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 83.1% of the people living in Hall County, Georgia were U.S. natives. 53.1% of the Hall County, Georgia population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 16.9% of Hall County, Georgia residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 33.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 73.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of Hall County, Georgia come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for Hall County, Georgia.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 83.4
Asia 10.4
Europe 3.3
Africa 1.9
Northern America 1.1
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024, 29.1 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 25.7% of people at least five years old; 13.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 25.7
Other Indo-European languages 1.5
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.6
Other languages 0.2

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 88.3 % of the people at least one year old living in Hall County, Georgia were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 88.3
Different house, same county 4.4
Different county, same state 5
Different state 1.9
Abroad 0.4

Education

In 2020-2024, 81 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 27.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 19% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in Hall County, Georgia was 49,839 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 2,746 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 37,085. College or graduate school enrollment was 10,008.

Educational Attainment of People in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 19
High school diploma or equivalency 27.5
Some college, no degree 18.6
Associate's degree 7.6
Bachelor's degree 16.7
Graduate or professional degree 10.6

Disability

In Hall County, Georgia, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 12 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 3.9% of people under 18 years old, to 9.9% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 31.9% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In Hall County, Georgia, 61.2 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 36.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 83.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 9.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 86,286 83.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 9,901 9.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 6,604 6.4

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in Hall County, Georgia worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.8
Construction 10.6
Manufacturing 16.2
Wholesale trade 3.1
Retail trade 11.1
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 6.3
Information 1.1
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.1
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 12.4
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 18.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8
Other Services, except public administration 5.9
Public administration 2.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 35,138 34.1
Service occupations 15,861 15.4
Sales and office occupations 20,798 20.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 12,040 11.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 19,298 18.7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 72.4% of Hall County, Georgia workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 12.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 27.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 72.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 12.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.9
Walked 0.8
Other means 1.9
Worked from home 11.9

In 2020-2024, Hall County, Georgia had a total of 80,926 housing units. Of these housing units, 75.3% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 16.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 8.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 75.3
Apartments in multi-unit structures 16.4
Mobile homes 8.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0.1

19.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 2.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in Hall County, Georgia was 5.9 rooms, and of these housing units 73.1% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, Hall County, Georgia had 73,551 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 7,375 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 68.6% while renters occupied 31.4%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.88 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.82.

4.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 6.3% and another 30.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in Hall County, Georgia:

House Heating Fuel Used in Hall County, Georgia in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 31.9
Electricity 66.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.1
All other fuels 0.7
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in Hall County, Georgia was $350,400.

Of the owner-occupied households, 59.7 % had a mortgage. 40.3% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,742 and for owners without a mortgage it was $550.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for Hall County, Georgia was $1,341. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.