CLAY CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 3,357 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 -0.2% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -51.6% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 0.0% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 60.6% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 0.9% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.6% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.2% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 54.8% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 19.5% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 41.9 33.4
White 52.0 36.2
African American 34.0 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $23,742 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 27.6% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 4.6 4.6
Female: 2000 5.9 4.1
African American: 2000 10.8 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 31.3% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 5.5% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 48.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 23.9% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 57.7% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 69.8% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 31.1 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $993,229 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 44.1 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 3.8 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $138,357 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 35.7% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 16.5% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 53.8% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 4.5% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 16.0% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 4.3% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 -- 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion -- 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 373 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births)
13.1
8.5
White
6.1
African American
14.0
13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)
10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)  
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8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05
13.1%
8.9%
White
5.0%
6.8%
African American
15.4%
13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05
75.6%
37.4%
White of Total White Births
31.0%
23.7%
African American of Total African American Births
88.0%
66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005
24.5%
9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 42.3% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $3,132,557 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 534.6 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu