People QuickFacts	Americus	Georgia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	16,809	9,812,460
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	17,041	9,687,663
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-1.4%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	17,041	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.6%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.8%	25.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	11.4%	10.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	55.5%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	30.6%	59.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	63.5%	30.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.8%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.2%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.6%	8.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	29.4%	55.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.7%	83.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.7%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.7%	12.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	78.6%	84.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	21.5%	27.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	828	702,919
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	15.7	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,135	4,088,801
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	45.8%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	35.3%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$87,600	$160,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,021	3,490,754
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.64	2.68
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,142	$25,383
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$30,235	$49,736
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	33.9%	16.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Americus	Georgia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,518	901,105
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.3%	20.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	5.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	22.5%	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	295,866	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	202,290	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	258,260	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,594	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	30,188	16,976,235

   	Geography QuickFacts	Americus	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.24	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,515.8	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	02116	13
 	Counties    	Sumter 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