BANKS CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 14,422 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 39.9% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 48.6% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 86.1% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 3.6% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 3.8% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.5% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 18.6% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 63.3% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 10.5% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 35.2 33.4
White 35.7 36.2
African American 33.4 29.3
 
ECONOMICS
Per Capita Income: 2005 $26,006 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 15.4% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 3.2 4.6
Female: 2000 2.8 4.1
African American: 2000 4.8 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 12.5% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 12.2% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 15.0% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 16.3% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 28.3% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 36.0% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 7.3 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $1,207,085 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 24.6 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.4 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $86,373 $85,672,204
 
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 34.6% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 33.7% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 48.3% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 4.9% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 8.6% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 11.0% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 5.4 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 73.5% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 1485 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 3.8 8.5
White 3.5 6.1
African American 0.0 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 16.6 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 3.5 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 7.9% 8.9%
White 7.8% 6.8%
African American 11.3% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 25.4% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 24.2% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 61.1% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 7.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 38.9% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $3,200,648 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 3,003.6 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on 07/15/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

E-mail: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu