Marietta is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 58,374 people and 30 constituent neighborhoods, Marietta is the tenth largest community in Georgia.

Unlike some cities, Marietta isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Marietta are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Marietta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marietta who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.13%), sales jobs (13.31%), and management occupations (9.70%).

Also of interest is that Marietta has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Another interesting thing about Marietta, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Marietta has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Marietta Information and Demographics

The population of Marietta is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.14% of adults in Marietta have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Marietta in 2000 was $23,409, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,636 for a family of four.

Marietta is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marietta home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Marietta is White, followed by African-American. Marietta also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.01% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Marietta include English, German, Irish, and Italian.

Marietta also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.74%.

The most common language spoken in Marietta is English. Some people also speak Spanish.