COWETA CO. GEORGIA
POPULATION    
Total Population, 2000 89,215 8,186,453
Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000 65.7% 26.4%
Percent Change in Population, 1930-2000 255.1% 181.5%
Percent Growth by Net Migration, 1990-2000 80.4% 65.9%
Percent African American Population, 2006 17.0% 29.9%
Percent Hispanic Population, 2006 5.3% 7.5%
Percent Under 5 Yrs. of Age, 2000 8.2% 7.3%
Percent Age 5-17, 2000 20.6% 19.2%
Percent Age 18-64, 2000 62.8% 63.9%
Percent Age 65 and Over, 2000 8.5% 9.6%
Median Age, 2000 33.6 33.4
White 34.5 36.2
African American 29.6 29.3
   
ECONOMICS    
Per Capita Income: 2005 $28,319 $30,914
Transfer Payments as a Percent of Total Personal Income: 2005 13.1% 13.5%
Annual Average Unemployment Rate: 2006 4.1 4.6
Female: 2000 4.2 4.1
African American: 2000 7.2 7.2
Percent of All Persons Below Poverty Level: 1999 7.8% 13.0%
Percent of All Whites Below Poverty: 1999 4.7% 8.2%
Percent of All African Americans Below Poverty: 1999 20.3% 23.1%
Percent of Persons Age 65 & Over Below Poverty: 1999 10.5% 13.5%
Percent of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty: 1999 24.0% 28.5%
With Related Children 0-17 Below Poverty: 1999 28.5% 35.3%
Food Stamps Participants per Month as a Percent of Pop.: fy06 7.7 10.1
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $10,165,336 $1,067,776,526
Medicaid Recipients as a Percent of Pop.: 2006 16.9 24.3
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as a Percent of Pop.: fy 06 0.4 0.7
Total Yearly Benefits Sum: fy06 $680,419 $85,672,204
   
EDUCATION--Attainment Level of Persons Age 25 & Over    
Percent NOT Completing High School: 2000 18.4% 21.4%
White Not Completing High School: 2000 15.0% 18.2%
African American Not Completing High School: 2000 31.8% 27.5%
Percent Bachelor's Degree or Higher: 2000 14.3% 24.3%
White Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 22.5% 27.4%
African American Completing at Least Bachelor's Degree: 2000 11.1% 15.5%
EDUCATION--County Public School Systems
H.S. Dropout Rate per 100 Enrolled: sy05/06 3.8 4.7
Class of '06 Percent Completion 73.6% 70.8%
HOPE Scholarships Awarded: 1993-07 11,678 1,123,385
VITAL STATISTICS RATES *
Ten Year Infant Deaths 1996-05 (per 1,000 live births) 5.9 8.5
White 5.5 6.1
African American 7.4 13.6
Suicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 11.9 10.8
Homicides 1996-05 (per 100,000 population) 3.7 8.0
VITAL STATISTICS PERCENTS *
Percent Low Birth Weight of Live Births (< 2500 grams), 1996-05 7.6% 8.9%
White 6.4% 6.8%
African American 12.6% 13.1%
Percent Unwed Births of Total, 1996-05 27.5% 37.4%
White of Total White Births 17.7% 23.7%
African American of Total African American Births 70.1% 66.4%
Percent of Total Unwed Births to Teenage Mothers, 2005 7.8% 9.6%
* Data not reported when events are greater than zero and less than five.    
     
MISCELLANEOUS    
Percent Mobile Homes: 2000 6.7% 12.0%
Total Lottery Sales: fy07 $36,696,268 $3,422,074,908
Index Crime Rate per 100,000 population: 2006 2,555.3 4,011.9
     


Last Updated on: 07/16/2008

By: Mumbi Okundaye

Email: dbachtel@fcs.uga.edu