People QuickFacts	Waycross	Georgia
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	14,718	9,812,460
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	14,651	9,687,663
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.5%	1.3%
 	Population, 2010    	14,649	9,687,653
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	8.3%	7.1%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	26.0%	25.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	17.5%	10.7%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	54.9%	51.2% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	40.7%	59.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	55.1%	30.5%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.8%	3.2%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.1%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	1.8%	2.1%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	2.8%	8.8%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	39.6%	55.9% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	81.5%	83.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	3.0%	9.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.5%	12.9%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	80.6%	84.0%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	13.3%	27.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,063	702,919
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.1	27.0 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,519	4,088,801
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	51.5%	66.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	24.6%	20.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$67,700	$160,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,978	3,490,754
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.35	2.68
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$15,513	$25,383
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$25,805	$49,736
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	30.0%	16.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Waycross	Georgia
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,374	901,105
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.5%	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    	S	30.9% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	D	144,280,774
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	741,184	141,962,359
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	556,550	117,516,907
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$37,638	$12,326
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	51,241	16,976,235

   	Geography QuickFacts	Waycross	Georgia
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	11.71	57,513.49
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,250.7	168.4
 	FIPS Code    	80956	13
 	Counties    	Pierce County
 Ware 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