BROOKS CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 16,450 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 6.8% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -22.9% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 77.9% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 38.5% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 3.8% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.5% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 20.4% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 58.1% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 15.0% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 36.3 33.4
White 40.9 36.2
African American 29.4 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $21,648 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 23.4% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 2.9 4.7
Female: 2000 4.6 4.1
African American: 2000 8.2 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 23.4% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 11.2% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 40.6% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 20.1% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 48.1% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 61.6% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 17.1 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $2,512,344 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 34.4 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 2.3 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy05 $438,598 $153,918,887
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 32.5% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 24.8% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 47.0% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 7.0% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 15.1% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 4.3% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 6.5 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 52.2% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 2,029 905,338
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 9.2 8.8
White 7.0 6.2
African American 11.3 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 13.6 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 10.5 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 9.7% 8.8%
White 7.7% 6.6%
African American 11.6% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 51.5% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 22.9% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 78.4% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 13.1% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 33.0% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $5,664,398 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 1,829.7 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 11/1/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu