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Gainesville, GA
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Living in Gainesville



Gainesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 45,282 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Gainesville is the 21st largest community in Georgia.

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

The overall education level of Gainesville is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.18% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Gainesville in 2022 was $31,619, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,476 for a family of four. However, Gainesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Gainesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gainesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gainesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Gainesville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gainesville include English, Irish, German, African, and Italian.

Gainesville also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.19%.

The most common language spoken in Gainesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.