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- According to the 2000 Census,
82.7%
of Columbia County residents were white
and 11.2%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black
in the Census data, made up 2.6%
of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1%
of residents were white, 28.7% were
black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Columbia County, 29.6%
of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger,
while 8.0%
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
6.8%
of Columbia 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
44.4%
of all households in the county, compared to
35.0%
statewide.
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Between 2001 and 2005, Columbia County school system reported
an average high school dropout rate
of 4.4%
for students in grades 9 to 12.
Statewide, this rate is 5.6%
for the same period of time.
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- Columbia County
spent an average of $5,769 per
student for public education each year
between 2001 and 2005, while the statewide average
was $6,603.
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Based on the 2004 graduating class for that county school system,
61.2%
of the students were eligible for
the HOPE Scholarship Program. The scholarship is available to eligible
students to attend a post-secondary school in Georgia.
Statewide, 62.0%
of the graduating students were eligible for the HOPE scholarship.
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Between 2000 and 2004, the
infant mortality rate
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was
5.4 for the 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
67.4,
compared to the
192.6
statewide average.
Columbia County had no general hospitals in 2004.
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The 2004 index crime rate
(crimes per 1,000) for Columbia County
was 22.7.
Statewide, in 2004, the rate
was 40.8.
Of the total index crimes reported for that county,
4.0%
were violent crimes,
while 96.0%
were property crimes.
- In 2004, 90.9%
of the adult population in the
county was registered to vote. 75.2%
of the voting-age adult population
for Columbia 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 |
| Grovetown |
3,384 |
3,596 |
6,089 |
6.3 % |
69.3 % |
| Harlem |
1,485 |
2,199 |
1,814 |
48.1 % |
-17.5 % |
| Columbia |
40,118 |
66,031 |
89,288 |
64.6 % |
35.2 % |
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