BALDWIN CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 44,700 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 13.1% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 95.4% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 61.5% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 43.6% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 1.5% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 5.1% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 16.6% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 67.7% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 10.6% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 34.2 33.4
White 37.5 36.2
African American 30.9 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $24,816 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 26.0% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 5.5 4.6
Female: 2000 4.9 4.1
African American: 2000 8.2 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 16.8% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 10.3% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 25.2% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 13.0% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 28.9% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 36.2% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 10.3 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $5,170,328 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 26.8 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.9 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $504,645 $85,672,204
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 27.4% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 20.2% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 37.7% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 9.6% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 21.9% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 7.4% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 9.1 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 58.3% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 8,601 1,123,385
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 14.0 8.5
White 7.2 6.1
African American 19.9 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.7 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 7.4 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 10.7% 8.9%
White 6.1% 6.8%
African American 16.6% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 52.6% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 25.9% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 75.9% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 14.9% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 26.7% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $22,247,126 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 3,929.6 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on 07/15/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

E-mail: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu