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Sylvester, GA
Demographic Data




Sylvester Population Statistics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2024.

Methodology:   Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data

Sylvester Population & Age Distribution

Total Population

5,501

Age

Under 5 Years:
8.2%
5 - 17:
16.7%
18 - 24:
10.7%
25 - 34:
10.8%
35 - 54:
19.7%
55 - 64:
13.9%
Over 65 Years:
20.0%

Educational Attainment of Adults

Attending College
High School Graduates
College Graduated
5.7%
5.7%
84.6%
84.6%
13.5%
13.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Residents

Income

Per capita Income

Sylvester
USA
$27,319
$27,319
$41,261
$41,261

Median household income

Sylvester
USA
$48,599
$48,599
$75,149
$75,149
Individuals Below Poverty Level

28.3%

Employment Industries

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Healthcare
Retail
Other
Accommodation
Manufacturing
Transportation
Education
Wholesale
Construction
Real estate
Public Service
Administration
Agriculture
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Information Technology
13.7%
13.7%
12.4%
12.4%
9.6%
9.6%
8.9%
8.9%
8.2%
8.2%
7.0%
7.0%
5.9%
5.9%
5.3%
5.3%
5.0%
5.0%
4.4%
4.4%
4.0%
4.0%
3.8%
3.8%
3.5%
3.5%
3.2%
3.2%
2.4%
2.4%
0% 100%
% of Residents

Race & Ethnic Diversity

Black or African American
White
Other Race / Two or More Races
Asian
Hispanic or Latino (Of Any Race)
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders
American Indian and Alaska Native
60.1%
60.1%
35.4%
35.4%
2.9%
2.9%
1.0%
1.0%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Residents

Ancestry

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English
Irish
European
German
Scottish
Italian
French
Welsh
Hungarian
African
Polish
Scots-Irish
Yugoslavian
Other West Indian
West Indian
U.S. Virgin Islander
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Jamaican
Haitian
Dutch West Indian
13.2%
13.2%
4.3%
4.3%
3.6%
3.6%
3.2%
3.2%
2.3%
2.3%
2.0%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.8%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100%
% of Residents

Languages Spoken

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English
Italian
Spanish
Korean
Greek
Other Asian languages
African languages
Arabic
Hungarian
Native American languages
Navajo
Pacific Island languages
Tagalog
Vietnamese
Laotian
Thai
Miao/Hmong
Mon-Khmer (Cambodian)
Japanese
Chinese
98.9%
98.9%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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0.0%
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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100%
% of Residents
Foreign Born Sylvester Residents

0.5%


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