People QuickFacts	Macon	Georgia
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	93,665	9,363,941
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-3.7%	14.4%
  	Population, 2000    	97,255	8,186,453
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.8%	7.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.9%	26.5%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	14.3%	9.6%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	55.6%	50.8% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	35.5%	65.1%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	62.5%	28.7%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.2%	0.3%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.6%	2.1%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	0.8%	1.4%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	1.2%	5.3% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	53.1%	49.2%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	1.3%	7.1%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	3.5%	9.9%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	72.3%	78.6%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	17.2%	24.3%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	21.4	27.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	44,341	3,281,737
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	50.1%	67.5%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$67,900	$111,200 			
  	Households, 2000    	38,444	3,006,369
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.44	2.65
  	Median household income, 1999    	$27,405	$42,433
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$16,082	$21,154
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	25.5%	13.0%

   	Business QuickFacts	Macon	Georgia
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	862,387	201,091,040
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	1,758,293	90,098,578
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$18,349	$10,499
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	181,011	12,740,423
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	7,379	674,521
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	26.2%	13.4%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	3.1%	4.0%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	2.7%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	Z
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.9%	29.1% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Macon	Georgia
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	55	57,906
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	1,742.9	141.4
  	FIPS Code    	49000	13
 	Counties    	Bibb County
 Jones 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