The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released 2020 data for the purposes of redistricting, and the overall picture (summary report here) is that the nation is getting more ethnically diverse and living more in metropolitan areas as its population grows.
As of April 2021 there were more than 331 million people living in the United States, compared to 308 million people in April 2010.
In Cobb County, that population growth comes to more than 11 percent from the 2010 Census. As of April 2021, Cobb’s population was 766,149, compared to 688,078 in April 2010.
The Census Bureau has provided some initial “QuickFact” localized data at this link, and we’ll summarize some of those findings below.
Nearly 13 of Cobb’s citizens are age 65 and older, similar to the previous Census, and 22 percent are age 18 and under.
When it comes to race and ethnicity, Cobb’s “white alone” population—that portion of the population that does not include other ethnic groups—is at 51.1 percent.
The black or African American population now stands at 28.8 percent and the Latino or Hispanic population is at 13.3 percent.
More than 64 percent of Cobb residents live in owner-occupied housing, and the median value of those units is at $257K. The median gross rent in the county is $1,202.
There are more than 280,000 households in Cobb, and more than 91 percent have a broadband Internet subscription.
But 14.4 percent of Cobb residents under the age of 65 do not have health insurance, which is higher than the national average of 9.5 percent.
Cobb commuters also spend more “mean” travel time than the national average when it comes to getting and from their jobs: 31.6 minutes, compared to 26.9.
The 2020 Cobb Census data also show that the median household income is $77,932, and the per capita income is at $40,031 (both in 2019 dollars). More than 8 percent of Cobb residents live under the poverty line, less than the national average of 10.5 percent.
Total employment in Cobb is 360,023, and there are 80,947 businesses in the county.
As we noted last fall, the Census response rate in the county had exceeded 70 percent, and those numbers were even higher in East Cobb Census tracts.
We’ll be reporting more on East Cobb Census numbers as we get to the ZIP Code level of detail that’s not available for the moment.
The Atlanta Regional Commission has estimated that by 2050, Cobb’s population is expected to surpass 1 million.
East Cobb’s roughly estimated population was around 200,000 in late 2019, according to the Georgia Demographics website:
- ZIP Code 30062: 65,801;
- ZIP Code 30066: 55,937;
- ZIP Code 30067: 46,536
- ZIP Code 30068: 32,453.
That doesn’t include the Roswell ZIP Code 30075 which contains the extreme northeast portion of Cobb County, or about 8,100 residents of the 53,779 population of the ZIP Code.
The Census Bureau will be providing more data by the end of September at this link.
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