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, 2006 61.2% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 3.7% 7.5%
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: 2005 $18,879 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 32.8% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 6.0 4.6
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.: fy06 18.5 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $1,091,625 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 36.0 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.2 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $94,653 $85,672,204
   
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: sy05/06 4.5 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 50.0% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 1335 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 9.9 8.5
White
n/d
6.1
African American 12.6 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.5 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.5 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 12.2% 8.9%
White 6.2% 6.8%
African American 14.8% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 61.2% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 13.5% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 81.9% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 13.9% 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: fy07 $2,218,487 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 557.9 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu