DECATUR CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 28,240 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 10.7% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 19.5% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 46.5% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 39.9% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 3.5% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.7% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 20.9% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 58.2% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 13.3% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 34.4 33.4
White 39.0 36.2
African American 28.2 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $22,361 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 25.2% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 5.7 4.6
Female: 2000 7.0 4.1
African American: 2000 10.5 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 22.7% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 11.6% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 37.9% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 19.2% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 45.0% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 55.9% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 21.3 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $6,499,894 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 36.6 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.0 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $389,899 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 30.3% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 24.9% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 39.4% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 7.3% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 14.2% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 8.2% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 6.3 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 69.7% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 5,985 1,123,385
 
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 10.2 8.5
White 7.1 6.1
African American 13.3 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 8.2 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 7.1 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 10.1% 8.9%
White 7.2% 6.8%
African American 12.9% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 52.4% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 27.1% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 78.2% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 17.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 23.8% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $14,845,736 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 3,473.1 4,362.8
     

Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu