CLARKE CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 101,489 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 15.9% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 296.2% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 53.6% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 26.0% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 8.6% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 5.2% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 12.6% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 74.1% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 8.1% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 25.4 33.4
White 25.1 36.2
African American 27.2 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $23,159 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 15.7% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 3.9 4.6
Female: 2000 2.9 4.1
African American: 2000 4.6 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 28.3% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 27.8% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 28.5% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 13.4% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 38.0% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 47.0% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 8.9 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $11,413,478 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 21.1 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.7 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $972,685 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 19.0% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 11.1% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 34.6% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 20.9% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 51.9% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 11.3% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 7.7 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 64.4% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 16,900 1,123,385
   
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *    
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 8.9 8.5
White 6.7 6.1
African American 13.3 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 10.3 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 8.2 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 8.9% 8.9%
White 6.3% 6.8%
African American 13.7% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 43.1% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 25.8% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 75.2% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 9.0% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 6.5% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $38,725,311 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 5,793.2 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu