FULTON CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 816,006 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 25.8% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 143.4% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 64.3% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 43.3% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 7.1% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.0% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 17.5% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 67.1% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 8.5% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 32.7 33.4
White 35.7 36.2
African American 30.2 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $46,699 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 7.6% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2003 5.8 4.7
Female: 2000 3.8 4.1
African American: 2000 6.0 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 15.7% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 5.7% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 26.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 15.2% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 31.7% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 39.4% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 12.1 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $111,570,315 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 24.7 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 3.0 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $26,509,279 $153,918,887
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 16.0% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 7.2% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 26.1% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 26.7% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 59.0% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 18.3% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 3.7 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 72.9% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 56,841 905,338
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Seven Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 9.5 8.8
White 4.9 6.2
African American 14.1 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 10.0 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 19.3 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 10.0% 8.8%
White 6.4% 6.6%
African American 13.3% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 45.2% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 13.8% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 75.4% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 9.3% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 0.4% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $285,765,568 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 9,063.4 4,362.8
     

Last Updated on: 11/2/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu