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- According to the 2000 Census,
52.1%
of Quitman County residents were white
and 46.9%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black
in the Census data, made up 0.5%
of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1%
of residents were white, 28.7% were
black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Quitman County, 24.0%
of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger,
while 19.9%
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
9.4%
of Quitman 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
26.0%
of all households in the county, compared to
35.0%
statewide.
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There is no high school dropout data available for Quitman County,
because high school
students attend neighboring county schools.
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- Quitman County
spent an average of $9,267 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
Quitman
County at this time.
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Between 2000 and 2004, the
infant mortality rate
(infant deaths per 1,000 live births) was
28.4 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
38.2,
compared to the
192.6
statewide average.
Quitman County had no general hospitals in 2004.
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The 2004 index crime rate
(crimes per 1,000) for Quitman County
was 29.2.
Statewide, in 2004, the rate
was 40.8.
Of the total index crimes reported for that county,
11.0%
were violent crimes,
while 89.0%
were property crimes.
- In 2004, 76.7%
of the adult population in the
county was registered to vote. 49.5%
of the voting-age adult population
for Quitman 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 |
| Georgetown |
935 |
914 |
973 |
-2.2 % |
6.5 % |
| Quitman |
2,357 |
2,210 |
2,598 |
-6.2 % |
17.6 % |
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