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Homeless Demographics

Indicators Georgia Chatham County Cobb County Fulton County  Populations Total population 9,544,750[1] 248,469[2] 691,905[3] 992,137[4] Families 1,139,646[5] 26,414[6] 85,707[7] 102,697[8] Children 2,996,373[9] 73,769[10] 213,018[11] 311,985[12]  Households Average family size 3.31[13] 3.13[14] 3.27[15] 3.62[16]  Family Composition One parent (female) 26.57%[17] 37.70%[18] 20.08%[19] 32.57%[20] One parent (male) 6.06%[21] 7.94%[22] 4.31%[23] 5.55%[24] Two-parent 67.37%[25] 54.36%[26] 75.61%[27] 61.88%[28]  Income Median family income $58,403[29] $55,780[30] $79,877[31] $82,508[32] Mean family income $76,376[33] $75,122[34] $101,065[35] $120,146[36] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $727[37] $769[38] $824[39] $824[40] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $29,084[41] $30,760[42] $32,960[43] $32,960[44]  Employment Unemployed 7.05%[45] 4.40%[46] 5.76%[47] 7.33%[48]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 15.63%[49] 20.04%[50] 9.10%[51] 14.94%[52] Children under 5 23.26%[53] 32.41%[54] 16.78%[55] 23.08%[56] Children 5-17 17.90%[57] 19.79%[58] 10.62%[59] 19.03%[60]  Education No high school diploma 17.10%[61] 11.80%[62] 10.10%[63] 10.72%[64] High school and above 82.90%[65] 88.20%[66] 89.90%[67] 89.28%[68] Bachelor’s degree and above 27.07%[69] 29.59%[70] 43.00%[71] 47.21%[72] High school dropout rate 5.60%[73] n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 11.87%[74] 12.75%[75] 7.12%[76] 10.02%[77] Birth rate ranking 40[78] 443[79] 134[80] 282[81]