Marietta is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 58,374 people and 30 constituent neighborhoods, Marietta is the tenth largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities, Marietta isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Marietta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Marietta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marietta who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.13%), sales jobs (13.31%), and management occupations (9.70%).

Also of interest is that Marietta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One thing noticeable about Marietta, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Marietta is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Marietta a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Marietta has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Marietta Information and Demographics

The population of Marietta is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.14% of adults in Marietta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Marietta in 2000 was $23,409, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,636 for a family of four.

Marietta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marietta home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Marietta is White, followed by African-American. Marietta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.01% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Marietta include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Marietta's cultural character, accounting for 19.74% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Marietta is English. Some people also speak Spanish.