COBB CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 607,751 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 35.7% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 1616.4% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 65.0% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 21.9% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 9.9% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.2% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 18.8% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 67.0% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 6.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 33.2 33.4
White 36.1 36.2
African American 28.5 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $37,827 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 7.3% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 4.2 4.7
Female: 2000 2.6 4.1
African American: 2000 4.4 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 6.5% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 4.9% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 9.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 6.8% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 13.8% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 17.9% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 3.9 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $27,612,920 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 14.0 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 0.6 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $4,153,085 $153,918,887
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 11.2% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 9.9% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 9.5% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 28.0% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 42.0% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 31.9% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 3.9 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 77.4% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 60,055 905,338
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 6.6 8.8
White 5.2 6.2
African American 11.1 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 9.6 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 4.6 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 7.3% 8.8%
White 6.1% 6.6%
African American 11.2% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 24.4% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 18.0% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 47.2% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 5.3% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 2.1% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $132,795,642 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 3,240.2 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 11/1/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu