Poulan is a city of 681 people in Georgia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 11% of adults. The typical home is worth $80,900, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 1%. The population has fallen 28% since 2000. 20.9% of people here live below the federal poverty line.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,333, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
11% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Poulan
What changed most since 1990
White share73.3% → 84.3%(+11.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share25.3% → 10.6%(−14.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Population924 → 681(−26%)US over the same years: +35%
Poulan's population equals 3.3% of Worth County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.6% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 2.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)8.3%(2)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)4.2%(1)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era75%(18)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 24 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Poulan, decade by decade
Poulan population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
924
$40,590
$73,202
2.2%
49.9
2000
946
$50,474
$83,432
4.5%
46.5
2010
851
$68,590
$75,525
6.6%
46.9
2020
760
$59,213
$86,903
3.3%
55.0
2024
681
$58,333
$80,900
11.0%
34.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
