BIBB CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 153,887 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 2.5% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 99.7% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 0.0% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 50.4% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 1.6% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.4% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.1% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 60.7% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 12.7% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 34.7 33.4
White 39.9 36.2
African American 29.3 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $31,171 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 20.1% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 5.7 4.6
Female: 2000 5.2 4.1
African American: 2000 8.9 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 19.1% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 7.4% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 31.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 13.1% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 37.7% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 46.6% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 18.8 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $33,326,996 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 32.0 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.8 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $3,130,175 $85,672,204
 
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 22.8% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 15.9% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 32.1% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 13.7% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 29.2% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 10.1% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 7.2 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 56.5% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 30,351 1,123,385
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 14.3 8.5
White 9.3 6.1
African American 18.0 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.8 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 15.4 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 12.2% 8.9%
White 7.6% 6.8%
African American 15.4% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 54.3% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 23.3% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 76.3% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 14.6% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 3.3% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $76,331,754 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 8,564.1 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu