BAKER CO.
GEORGIA
POPULATION
Total Population, 2000
4,074
8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000
12.7%
26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000
-47.9%
181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000
76.9%
65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006
51.9%
29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006
2.8%
7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000
7.2%
7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000
20.1%
19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000
59.0%
63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000
13.7%
9.6%
Median Age, 2000
35.0
33.4
White
38.9
36.2
African American
31.7
29.3
 
ECONOMICS
Per Capita Income: 2005
$19,672
$30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005
22.2%
13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006
5.0
4.6
Female: 2000
6.3
4.1
African American: 2000
8.0
7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999
23.4%
13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999
9.1%
8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999
36.1%
23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999
20.1%
13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999
42.2%
28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999
46.8%
35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06
22.2
10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06
$936,328
$1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006
31.3
24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06
1.0
0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06
$57,738
$85,672,204
 
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000
34.0%
21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000
24.7%
18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000
44.2%
27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000
7.5%
24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000
16.2%
27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000
3.9%
15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06
--
4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion
--
70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07
481
1,123,385
 
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births)
--
8.5
White
10.0
6.1
African American
14.5
13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)
--
10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)
--
8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05
9.6%
8.9%
White
7.4%
6.8%
African American
12.0%
13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05
55.5%
37.4%
White of Total White Births
33.0%
23.7%
African American of Total African American Births
78.1%
66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005
11.1%
9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.
 
MISCELLANEOUS
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000
41.3%
12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07
$1,225,361
$3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000
48.7
4,362.8
 


Last Updated 07/15/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu