SUMTER CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 33,200 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 9.8% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 23.9% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 30.1% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 50.3% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 3.3% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 7.9% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 19.9% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 59.9% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 12.3% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 32.6 33.4
White 38.8 36.2
African American 27.0 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2003 $22,881 $29,000
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 22.2% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2004 5.6 4.6
Female: 2000 5.2 4.1
African American: 2000 9.7 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 21.4% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 9.8% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 32.3% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 16.8% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 44.3% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 52.0% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 22.0 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $7,446,145 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 36.0 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 4.9 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $1,783,366 $153,918,887
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 30.1% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 18.7% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 44.0% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 11.2% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 27.6% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 8.4% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 4.7 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion 49.0% 65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 5,726 905,338
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 12.1 8.8
White 7.0 6.2
African American 15.4 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 9.1 11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population) 7.0 8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 11.6% 8.8%
White 7.1% 6.6%
African American 14.5% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 55.2% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 21.3% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 77.0% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 12.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 20.3% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $13,118,526 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 4,623.9 4,362.8
     

Last Updated on: 11/8/07

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu