TELFAIR CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 11,794 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 7.2% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -21.4% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 92.8% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 41.9% 29.8%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 2.6% 7.1%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.0% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 16.5% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 62.6% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 14.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 36.8 33.4
White 41.0 36.2
African American 31.7 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $17,453 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 36.1% 13.3%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 7.5 5.3
Female: 2000 10.7 4.1
African American: 2000 16.4 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 21.2% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 13.5% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 34.3% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 23.7% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 40.5% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 48.4% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 15.3 10.0
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $2,024,545 $998,375,277
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 32.0 24.6
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 1.1 1.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $192,791 $117,514,549
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 36.4% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 32.1% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 44.4% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 5.4% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 11.0% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 4.0% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 6.9 5.0
Class of '06 Percent Completion 65.5% 69.3%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 2,652 1,011,347
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 7.4 8.7
White
n/d
6.1
African American 11.5 13.9
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.7 10.9
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 7.5 8.3
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 12.4% 8.8%
White 5.8% 6.7%
African American 21.2% 13.0%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 50.1% 36.9%
White of Total White Births 28.1% 22.7%
African American of Total African American Births 79.0% 66.5%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 13.7% 6.9%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 29.8% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $4,812,763 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 1,416.9 4,011.9
     

Last Updated on: 07/21/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu