APPLING CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION
Total Population, 2000 17,419 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 10.6% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 30.8% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 37.3% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 18.5% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 6.2% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.3% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.8% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 61.0% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 11.8% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 35.4 33.4
White 37.2 36.2
African American 29.8 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $21,574 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 26.7% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 5.6 4.6
Female: 2000 10.9 4.1
African American: 2000 14.3 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 18.6% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 15.3% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 30.3% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 24.4% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 36.5% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 46.1% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 12.1 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $2,059,526 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 42.1 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.6 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $153,779 $85,672,204
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 32.7% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 31.3% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 35.4% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 5.3% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 9.4% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 3.8% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 5.1 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 67.9% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 3,454 1,123,385
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 11.9 8.5
White 8.8 6.1
African American 20.8 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 8.0 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 3.4 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 9.3% 8.9%
White 7.9% 6.8%
African American 13.9% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 35.8% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 26.8% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 65.9% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 10.1% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 36.7% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $5,610,341 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 1,360.6 4,011.9
     

Last Updated on 04/21/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu