National Demographics Are Shifting; Georgia Is Slowly Following
The US Census Bureau has released new numbers on the changing face of the nation’s population. Here in Georgia, there is a continuation of decade-long trends.
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Racial and ethnic minorities now make up almost half, 49.9%, of all Americans under the age of five. Here in Georgia, 43.5% of the children under five are members of a minority group. Census Bureau numbers indicate that Georgia’s minority population has been growing steadily over the past decade.
When it comes to overall population growth, Chattahoochee County, Georgia, is currently the fastest growing county in the whole country. But Census Bureau demographer Ben Bolender says not to read too much into that. “Chattahoochee does tend to change more than average between its growth and decline over the years compared to a lot of other counties in the country,” says Bolender.
Bolender says the Census Bureau does not separate out the military in its numbers, but he notes that Chattahoochee County is where Fort Benning is located, and that may account, at least in part, for the ongoing fluctuation.
Bolender also says the nation, as a whole, is growing older with almost 14% of the country aged 65 or older. Georgia is growing older, too, but the senior population is a bit lower than the national average at 11.5%.
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