BALDWIN CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 44,700 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 13.1% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 95.4% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 61.5% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 44.1% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 1.4% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 5.1% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 16.6% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 67.7% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 10.6% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 34.2 33.4
White 37.5 36.2
African American 30.9 29.3
     
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $23,671 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 25.5% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 3.6 4.7
Female: 2000 4.9 4.1
African American: 2000 8.2 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 16.8% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 10.3% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 25.2% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 13.0% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 28.9% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 36.2% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 9.7 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $4,397,792 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 25.9 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 1.9 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $983,435 $153,918,887
     
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 27.4% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 20.2% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 37.7% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 9.6% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 21.9% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 7.4% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems    
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 10.4 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 54.8% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 6,792 905,338
     
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 16.3 8.8
White 8.1 6.2
African American 23.6 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 12.3 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 8.7 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *    
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 11.0% 8.8%
White 6.3% 6.6%
African American 15.0% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 52.2% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 24.8% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 76.2% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 14.1% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 26.7% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $21,003,820 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 3,929.6 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on 11/1/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

E-mail: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu