With 17,532 people, Cook County is a county in Georgia. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. The typical home is worth $157,500, having roughly tripled since 2000. 2% of residents were born outside the United States. That trails the Georgia median by roughly 31%. Households take in $53,651 at the median, 35% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,651, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 63%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cook County
What changed most since 1990
White share67.8% → 60.5%(−7.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants75.0% → 66.0%(−8.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
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)32.1%(284)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)35%(310)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.8%(228)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(42)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.4%(21)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 885 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
Cook County, decade by decade
Cook County 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
13,456
$47,661
$93,843
6.5%
56.3
2000
15,771
$50,245
$96,912
8.1%
58.7
2010
17,212
$45,157
$115,086
10.4%
62.6
2020
17,229
$49,625
$113,204
15.7%
67.1
2024
17,532
$53,651
$157,500
17.9%
68.7
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.
