GLASCOCK CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 2,556 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 8.4% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -41.8% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 100.0% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 9.7% 29.8%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 0.5% 7.1%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.8% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 17.1% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 57.9% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 18.2% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 39.6 33.4
White 39.5 36.2
African American 38.6 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $22,191 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 31.4% 13.3%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 5.1 5.3
Female: 2000 4.0 4.1
African American: 2000 14.9 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 17.2% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 15.1% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 37.7% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 38.5% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 21.7% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 28.1% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 11.1 10.0
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $308,152 $998,375,277
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 34.3 24.6
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.0 1.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $33,761 $117,514,549
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 33.9% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 30.9% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 64.4% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 3.7% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 7.1% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 0.0% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 5.8 5.0
Class of '06 Percent Completion 77.8% 69.3%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 594 1,011,347
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births)
n/d
8.7
White 0.0 6.1
African American 0.0 13.9
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)
n/d
10.9
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population)
n/d
8.3
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 8.7% 8.8%
White 8.3% 6.7%
African American 11.8% 13.0%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 25.7% 36.9%
White of Total White Births 21.8% 22.7%
African American of Total African American Births 58.8% 66.5%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 12.1% 6.9%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 36.2% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $602,933 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 1,131.5 4,362.8
     

Last Updated on: 07/18/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu