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map of the U.S. with the "diversity index" color-coded onto it.

Demographics September 26, 2021

Census releases redistricting data in easy to use format

[The redistricting data from the 2020 census was released in easier-to-use format by the U.S. Census Bureau on September 16. The Courier believes that knowing your county is an important…

Map of U.S. color-coded for migration flows

Demographics September 2, 2021

Where do people moving to Cobb County come from? The Census Bureau has a tool to show you

Have you ever wondered where the people moving into Cobb County are coming from? Or for that matter, where people moving away from the county are headed? The U.S. Census…

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Health Care August 24, 2021

Census announces new data-gathering on impact of COVID-19 on public school students and staff

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in a press release that they began collecting data for the School Pulse Panel Survey, intended to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

Map showing the precincts won by Trump or Biden in the 2020 election

Demographics August 13, 2021

Big demographic changes as Cobb County white-alone population drops more than 9 percent

Given the significant political realignments in Cobb County over the past three election cycles it was to be expected that changes in demographics mirrored those changes in the political makeup…

Politics July 17, 2021

Redistricting will soon be seriously underway

by Larry Felton Johnson Redistricting will be seriously underway soon, and Cobb County will almost certainly see changes in its legislative districts. By August 16, the U.S. Census Bureau will…

Screenshot of interactive map. The figures represented in the map are in table form within the article

From the Editor April 21, 2021

Poverty rate in Cobb County

In this article I’ll present a color-coded interactive map that contains data on the poverty rate in Cobb County within each census tract. If you want to skip the explanations…

screenshot of interactive map of Cobb County with incomes by census tract color coded (text tables of data available in article)

From the Editor April 18, 2021

Cobb County residents: find out the median household income in your census tract

The decennial census will be released at the end of the month, and in preparation for that I’ve been building tables and interactive maps based on the American Community Survey,…

Larry Johnson, the editor and publisher of the Cobb County Courier seated in an office chair in front of a small table with a laptop in article about Cobb County Courier Meet the Editor

From the Editor March 26, 2021

From the editor: median home values by census tract

I’m posting this from a Panera Bread in Albany NY, the closest place to where I am staying at the moment that I can get internet access. I’ve been called…

Cobb County highlighted on Georgia map (public domain, from the General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, modified to show counties.

Cobb County April 19, 2019

Latest census estimate puts Cobb at 756,865

The U.S. Census Bureau released its estimates for 2018, and Cobb County stands at 756,865. Cobb slightly edges out Dekalb for third place behind Fulton and Gwinnett counties. Fulton, at…

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Opinion November 29, 2023