CALHOUN CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 6,320 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 26.1% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -40.2% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 82.2% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 63.5% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 3.4% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.0% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 16.0% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 65.4% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 12.6% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 35.6 33.4
White 39.8 36.2
African American 33.0 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $19,134 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 26.2% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 6.4 4.7
Female: 2000 10.4 4.1
African American: 2000 11.8 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 26.5% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 10.8% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 37.1% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 26.5% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 46.9% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 56.8% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 17.3 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $925,059 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 37.4 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 2.5 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $179,101 $153,918,887
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 34.5% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 23.7% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 41.9% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 5.0% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 18.6% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 6.4% 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 75.5% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 1097 905,338
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 7.8 8.8
White 3.8 6.2
African American 9.5 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 13.3 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 15.0 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 13.2% 8.8%
White 6.8% 6.6%
African American 15.9% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 61.3% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 12.9% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 81.6% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 20.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 29.3% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $2,647,829 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 2,261.2 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 11/1/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu