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- According to the 2000 Census,
38.4%
of Clay County residents were white
and 60.5%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black
in the Census data, made up 1.0%
of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1%
of residents were white, 28.7% were
black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Clay County, 25.7%
of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger,
while 19.5%
were age 65 or older. Statewide, 26.5%
were age 18 or younger and 9.6% were
age 65 or older.
- The 2000 Census reports
12.6%
of Clay County's households were headed by females with
children under 18 years of age, compared with
9.0% statewide.
Total households with children under 18 represented
25.7%
of all households in the county, compared to
35.0%
statewide.
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There is no high school dropout data available for Clay County,
because high school
students attend neighboring county schools.
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- Clay County
spent an average of $8,944 per
student for public education each year
between 2001 and 2005, while the statewide average
was $6,603.
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The HOPE Scholarship Program is available to eligible students to attend a post-secondary
school in Georgia. Statewide,
62.0
% of the 2005 graduating class students were eligible. Data is not available for
Clay
County at this time.
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The infant mortality rate
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births) for the years of
2000 through 2004 is not available for Clay County. The
statewide rate was 8.6
during the same period.
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In 2002, the number of
physicians
in the county per 100,000 population was
88.4,
compared to the
192.6
statewide average.
Clay County had no general hospitals in 2004.
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The 2004 index crime rate
(crimes per 1,000) for Clay County
was 7.2.
Statewide, in 2004, the rate
was 40.8.
Of the total index crimes reported for that county,
71.0%
were violent crimes,
while 29.0%
were property crimes.
- In 2004, 76.9%
of the adult population in the
county was registered to vote. 53.2%
of the voting-age adult population
for Clay County voted in the 2004 general election.
Statewide, 70.6%
of eligible Georgians were registered to vote, while
55.1%
of those eligible voted in the general election that year.
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| Community |
Population |
Growth (%) |
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1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
1980-1990 |
1990-2000 |
| Bluffton |
132 |
138 |
118 |
4.5 % |
-14.5 % |
| Fort Gaines |
1,260 |
1,248 |
1,110 |
-1.0 % |
-11.1 % |
| Clay |
3,553 |
3,364 |
3,357 |
-5.3 % |
-0.2 % |
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