COLQUITT CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 42,053 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 14.8% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 37.3% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 65.2% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 22.8% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 14.8% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.6% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.9% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 59.7% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 12.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 33.7 33.4
White 38.3 36.2
African American 27.2 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $21,833 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 24.8% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 4.3 4.6
Female: 2000 7.4 4.1
African American: 2000 14.3 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 19.8% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 13.1% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 35.3% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 19.6% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 41.3% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 46.2% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 15.7 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $7,217,276 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 33.4 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.9 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $529,325 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 35.1% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 27.7% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 49.9% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 7.5% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 14.1% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 3.6% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 7.3 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 63.1% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 9,156 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 10.4 8.5
White 7.0 6.1
African American 17.6 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 12.3 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 10.2 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 9.4% 8.9%
White 7.8% 6.8%
African American 13.4% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 46.7% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 31.8% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 83.2% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 14.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 28.9% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $17,564,070 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 4,187.8 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu