TALIAFERRO CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 2,077 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 8.5% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 -66.3% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 100.0% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2004 60.5% 29.6%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2004 1.0% 6.8%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 6.3% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 17.8% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 57.0% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 18.9% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 40.2 33.4
White 48.4 36.2
African American 36.7 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2004 $20,298 $29,782
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2003 30.6% 13.0%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2005 7.9 5.3
Female: 2000 4.4 4.1
African American: 2000 7.5 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 23.4% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 11.2% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 32.0% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 23.4% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 45.3% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 54.5% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy04 24.7 9.6
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $423,618 $874,043,065
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2004 36.6 23.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 04 3.0 1.5
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy04 $69,115 $153,918,887
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 43.8% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 26.7% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 56.3% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 4.5% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 13.0% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 5.1% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy03/04 1.1 5.1
Class of '04 Percent Completion
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65.4%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-05 149 905,338
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1994-03 (per 1,000 live births) 23.0 8.8
White 14.7 6.2
African American 27.0 14.1
Suicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population)
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11.0
Homicides 1994-03 (per 100,000 population)
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8.7
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1994-03 12.4% 8.8%
White 7.4% 6.6%
African American 14.9% 12.9%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1994-03 64.1% 36.5%
White of Total White Births 29.4% 21.8%
African American of Total African American Births 79.7% 66.6%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2003 10.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 36.2% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy05 $648,534 $2,919,844,265
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2000 2,879.8 4,362.8
     


Last Updated on: 11/8/06

By: Bonnie Spinks

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu