People QuickFacts Acworth Georgia Population, 2011 estimate 20,711 9,812,460 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 20,425 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.4% 1.3% Population, 2010 20,425 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.9% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 28.2% 25.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 8.2% 10.7% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.4% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 62.5% 59.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 25.6% 30.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 3.5% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.1% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 12.4% 8.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 56.3% 55.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.1% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 17.8% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 24.5% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.0% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 30.0% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,303 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 32.9 27.0  Housing units, 2010 8,360 4,088,801 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 69.2% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 19.1% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $167,200 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 7,470 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.66 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $23,579 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $52,072 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.4% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts Acworth Georgia Total number of firms, 2007 2,486 901,105 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 20.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 5.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 3.6% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 22.9% 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) NA 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 19,276 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 341,150 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,590 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 47,642 16,976,235     Geography QuickFacts Acworth Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 8.24 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 2,477.6 168.4 FIPS Code 00408 13 Counties Cobb County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts