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- According to the 2000 Census,
94.4%
of Walker County residents were white
and 3.8%
were black. Hispanics, who can be identified as either white or black
in the Census data, made up 0.9%
of the county's population. Statewide, 65.1%
of residents were white, 28.7% were
black and 5.3% were Hispanic.
- In Walker County, 24.8%
of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger,
while 13.8%
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
6.2%
of Walker 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
32.6%
of all households in the county, compared to
35.0%
statewide.
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Between 2001 and 2005, Walker County school system reported
an average high school dropout rate
of 9.4%
for students in grades 9 to 12.
Statewide, this rate is 5.6%
for the same period of time.
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- Walker County
spent an average of $6,311 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,
54.1%
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
8.6 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
59.7,
compared to the
192.6
statewide average.
Walker County had no general hospitals in 2004.
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The 2004 index crime rate
(crimes per 1,000) for Walker County
was 40.5.
Statewide, in 2004, the rate
was 40.8.
Of the total index crimes reported for that county,
3.0%
were violent crimes,
while 97.0%
were property crimes.
- In 2004, 69.0%
of the adult population in the
county was registered to vote. 47.0%
of the voting-age adult population
for Walker 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 |
| Chickamauga |
2,232 |
2,165 |
2,245 |
-3.0 % |
3.7 % |
| LaFayette |
6,517 |
6,655 |
6,702 |
2.1 % |
0.7 % |
| Lookout Mountain |
1,505 |
1,636 |
1,617 |
8.7 % |
-1.2 % |
| Rossville |
3,749 |
3,601 |
3,511 |
-3.9 % |
-2.5 % |
| Walker |
56,470 |
58,340 |
61,053 |
3.3 % |
4.7 % |
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