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Demographics



  • According to the 2000 Census, 46.0% of Dooly County residents were white and 49.5% were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black in the Census data, made up 4.7% of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1% of residents were white, 28.7% were black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
  • In Dooly County, 25.6% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while 11.8% 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 12.4% of Dooly 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 33.6% of all households in the county, compared to 35.0% statewide.
  • Between 2001 and 2005, Dooly County school system reported an average high school dropout rate of 7.8% for students in grades 9 to 12. Statewide, this rate is 5.6% for the same period of time.
  • Dooly County spent an average of $7,140 per student for public education each year between 2001 and 2005, while the statewide average was $6,603.
  • Based on the 2004 graduating class for that county school system, 50.0% 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.
  • Between 2000 and 2004, the infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was 11.2 for the county. The statewide rate was 8.6 during the same period.
  • In 2002, the number of physicians in the county per 100,000 population was 78.2, compared to the 192.6 statewide average. Dooly County had no general hospitals in 2004.
  • The 2004 index crime rate (crimes per 1,000) for Dooly County was 15.6. Statewide, in 2004, the rate was 40.8. Of the total index crimes reported for that county, 13.0% were violent crimes, while 87.0% were property crimes.
  • In 2004, 62.0% of the adult population in the county was registered to vote. 45.4% of the voting-age adult population for Dooly 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.
Community Population Growth (%)
1980 1990 2000 1980-1990 1990-2000
Byromville 567 452 415 -20.3 % -8.2 %
Dooling 0 138 163 0.0 % 18.1 %
Lilly 202 195 221 -3.5 % 13.3 %
Pinehurst 431 388 307 -10.0 % -20.9 %
Unadilla 1,566 1,620 2,772 3.4 % 71.1 %
Vienna 2,886 2,708 2,973 -6.2 % 9.8 %
Dooly 10,826 9,901 11,525 -8.5 % 16.4 %

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