People QuickFacts	Valdosta	Georgia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	56,019	9,815,210
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	54,763	9,687,660
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	2.3%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	54,518	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.7%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.8%	25.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.1%	10.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.1%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	43.3%	59.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	51.1%	30.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.7%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.9%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	4.0%	8.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	41.5%	55.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	72.5%	82.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	4.3%	9.6%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	5.9%	12.7%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.1%	83.5%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	23.7%	27.2%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	14.5	27.0 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	44.2%	67.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	29.1%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$122,800	$161,400
 	Households, 2006-2010    	19,349	3,468,704
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.58	2.66
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$18,228	$25,134
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$32,109	$49,347
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	29.6%	15.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	Valdosta	Georgia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	5,062	901,105
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	13.5%	20.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.9%	5.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	2.2%	3.6%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	31.2%	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,918,846	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	565,801	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,220,776	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$25,115	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	159,594	16,976,235

   	Geography QuickFacts	Valdosta	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	35.83	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,521.7	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	78800	13
 	Counties    	Lowndes 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