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- According to the 2000 Census,
77.1%
of Echols County residents were white
and 6.9%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black
in the Census data, made up 19.7%
of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1%
of residents were white, 28.7% were
black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Echols County, 29.3%
of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger,
while 9.1%
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
6.7%
of Echols 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
38.1%
of all households in the county, compared to
35.0%
statewide.
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Between 2001 and 2005, Echols County school system reported
an average high school dropout rate
of 6.3%
for students in grades 9 to 12.
Statewide, this rate is 5.6%
for the same period of time.
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- Echols County
spent an average of $6,151 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,
42.4%
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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The infant mortality rate
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births) for the years of
2000 through 2004 is not available for Echols County. The
statewide rate was 8.6
during the same period.
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In 2002, the Joint Board of Family Practice reported no physicians
practicing in Echols County.
In addition, this county had no general hospitals in 2004.
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The 2004 index crime data
for Echols County was not available.
- In 2004, 60.6%
of the adult population in the
county was registered to vote. 37.5%
of the voting-age adult population
for Echols 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 |
| Echols |
2,297 |
2,334 |
3,754 |
1.6 % |
60.8 % |
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