Q&A on the News

Q: What are the population demographics for the 6th District of Georgia, where we had the runoff ?

—John Glover, McDonough A: Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey shows that Georgia’s 6th Congressional District has a total population of 729,643 people, 74 percent of whom are of voting age.

The district, which includes the affluent suburbs north of Atlanta in parts of Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties, is more than 60 percent white.

Nearly 80 percent of the district residents are U.S. natives, of whom about 41 percent were born in Georgia. Twenty-one percent of the district population is foreign born, according to the 2015 Census figures.

Those Census figures from 2015 show unemployment in the district around 5.2 percent, and a median household income of $83,844. The median value of owner-occupied housing units is $339,200.

About 60 percent of voters in the 6th District are college graduates, compared with 29 percent of voters statewide, the AJC previously reported.

Q: Has the number of people using MARTA decreased since I-85 has reopened?

—Kathy Ruth, Clarkesville A: MARTA ridership has returned close to pre-collapse numbers, spokesman Erik Burton told Q&A on the News via email.

“We are hopeful that when summer concludes and commuters return in the fall, many riders who experienced MARTA during the bridge collapse will utilize MARTA once again,” he wrote in an email.