CATOOSA CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 53,282 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 25.5% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 465.6% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 78.3% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 2.3% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 1.7% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.8% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.0% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 62.3% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 11.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 35.8 33.4
White 36.1 36.2
African American 28.9 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $24,759 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 15.6% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 3.7 4.6
Female: 2000 2.6 4.1
African American: 2000 2.0 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 9.4% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 8.8% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 30.4% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 11.0% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 22.6% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 29.6% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 7.7 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $5,103,930 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 18.8 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.3 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $239,521 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 24.0% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 23.9% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 22.0% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 9.6% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 13.8% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 14.1% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 5.7 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 70.9% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 5,992 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 6.3 8.5
White 5.9 6.1
African American
n/d
13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.4 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 3.5 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 9.0% 8.9%
White 8.9% 6.8%
African American 19.8% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 26.5% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 26.2% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 44.4% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 10.2% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 16.6% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $23,441,603 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 3,373.0 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.ed