Cobb County, Georgia

• White (non-Hispanic) 364,994 47.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 116,854 15.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 204,510 26.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 42,241 5.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 38,786 5.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 501 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 241 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7,081 0.9%

• Under 18 174,967 22.6%
• 18–24 70,401 9.1%
• 25–44 223,010 28.8%
• 45–64 201,012 25.9%
• 65 and over 105,818 13.7%

Median household income

$102,071

90% interval $99,148–$104,994

+$22,159 vs GA · 7th of 159

Below poverty line

8.7%

90% interval 7.6%–9.8%

−4.1 pp vs GA · 145th of 159

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$81.9B

9.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$79,377

Establishments

28,335

• Education & health services 79,738 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 79,401 20.8%
• Professional & business services 75,993 19.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 41,008 10.7%
• Construction 33,173 8.7%
• Financial activities 23,038 6.0%
• Public administration 10,554 2.8%
• Other services 9,665 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.0%

+1.3 pp vs GA · 100th of 159

Median gross rent

$1,730

+$337 vs GA · 7th of 159

Owner-occupied

198,190

Renter-occupied

97,524

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $110,574/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $34,827/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 228,404 56.9%
• Republican 168,679 42.0%
• Other / third-party 4,286 1.1%

• Spanish 88,535 12.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8,064 1.1%
• Chinese 4,822 0.7%
• Vietnamese 3,470 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,259 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 2,452 0.3%
• Arabic 2,314 0.3%
• Tagalog 1,786 0.2%
• Korean 1,702 0.2%

Households

295,714

Family households

196,119

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

62,567

31.9% of families

Single-mother families

17,089

8.7% of families

Veterans

36,545

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 184,184 24.0%
• Catholic 123,083 16.1%
• Mainline Protestant 67,912 8.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 30,236 3.9%
• Black Protestant 16,052 2.1%
• Orthodox 1,579 0.2%

Health insured

88.0%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

12.0%

±0.6 pp

98th of 159

With a disability

9.4%

±0.4 pp

154th of 159

Bachelor's or higher

50.8%

±0.8 pp

+15.9 pp vs GA · 4th of 159

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.9%

90% interval 12.1%–13.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Cobb Judicial Circuit Superior Court

Judges

11 (Superior Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); State Court + Magistrate Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. O.C.G.A. § 15-6-1 map effective Jan 1, 2025; statewide total 252 Superior Court judgeships per O.C.G.A. § 15-6-2 allocations.)

Court seats

Marietta

Traffic fatalities

56

9.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

53