BURKE CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 22,243 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 8.1% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -23.9% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 3.8% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 49.7% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 1.7% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 8.0% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 23.3% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 57.9% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 10.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 33.0 33.4
White 37.8 36.2
African American 27.6 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $20,030 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 29.3% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 6.7 4.6
Female: 2000 9.9 4.1
African American: 2000 12.6 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 28.7% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 13.8% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 42.1% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 29.8% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 48.9% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 54.7% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 23.4 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $5,759,388 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 39.1 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.8 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $484,628 $85,672,204
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 35.1% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 26.0% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 45.1% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 6.5% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 13.9% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 4.5% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 7.3 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 59.5% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 3,383 1,123,385
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 10.5 8.5
White 7.0 6.1
African American 12.9 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 9.8 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 9.4 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 11.2% 8.9%
White 7.6% 6.8%
African American 13.5% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 61.4% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 29.0% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 82.1% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 18.5% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 34.5% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $10,776,343 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 6,634.9 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu