People QuickFacts LaGrange Georgia Population, 2011 estimate 29,902 9,812,460 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 29,588 9,687,663 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.1% 1.3% Population, 2010 29,588 9,687,653 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.3% 7.1% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.5% 25.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.8% 10.7% Female persons, percent, 2010 53.8% 51.2%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 44.5% 59.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 48.0% 30.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 2.5% 3.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.8% 2.1% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 4.7% 8.8% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 43.2% 55.9%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 72.6% 83.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 9.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 8.3% 12.9% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 75.0% 84.0% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 21.8% 27.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 1,846 702,919 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 17.3 27.0  Housing units, 2010 12,846 4,088,801 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 45.4% 66.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 30.4% 20.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $124,800 $160,200 Households, 2007-2011 10,930 3,490,754 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.59 2.68 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $18,715 $25,383 Median household income, 2007-2011 $31,885 $49,736 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 28.8% 16.5%     Business QuickFacts LaGrange Georgia Total number of firms, 2007 3,253 901,105 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 2.8% 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 29.1% 30.9%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,613,211 144,280,774 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 365,480 141,962,359 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 670,225 117,516,907 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $23,992 $12,326 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 71,676 16,976,235     Geography QuickFacts LaGrange Georgia Land area in square miles, 2010 39.51 57,513.49 Persons per square mile, 2010 748.9 168.4 FIPS Code 44340 13 Counties Troup 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