Athen’s population has increased by over 12-thousand people in the last 10 years, according to the 2020 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Despite the growth, the Athens-Clarke area has fallen on the Georgia's most populous places list. With over 127-thousand people, the city dropped from the fifth-largest city in the state to the sixth. Nationally, Athens is now the 218th most populated city.
The recent census reveals that females make up nearly half of the Athens-Clarke population with 52%. The data also shows the area is 54% white, 28% black, and hispanic people fall a little under 11%. All of the other races account for the remaining 6%.
