BUTTS CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 19,522 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 27.4% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 108.9% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 83.7% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 27.3% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 2.0% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.3% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 17.8% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 65.7% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 10.2% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 35.9 33.4
White 37.4 36.2
African American 32.8 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $24,683 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 19.8% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 4.6 4.7
Female: 2000 5.6 4.1
African American: 2000 8.9 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 11.5% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 10.1% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 15.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 16.7% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 22.1% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 29.3% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 9.2 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $2,024,843 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 24.0 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 1.0 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $273,231 $153,918,887
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 30.2% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 25.5% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 42.3% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 5.4% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 9.8% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 5.6% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 3.2 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 60.3% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 2,463 905,338
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 10.0 8.8
White 10.9 6.2
African American 8.4 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 13.9 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 9.7 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 10.0% 8.8%
White 8.3% 6.6%
African American 13.8% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 43.5% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 29.2% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 73.4% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 12.7% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 17.0% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $10,599,210 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 3,425.2 4,362.8
     

Last Updated on: 11/1/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu