It might not make you a millionaire, but you can find the
answer
to almost any question about Georgia in the latest Georgia
County
Guide, and you won’t even have to phone a friend.
“We continue to see a decrease in the number of families
needing assistance,” said Sue Boatright, a University of
Georgia data collection coordinator and co-editor of the County
Guide.
“And teenage pregnancy rates and unemployment rates have
declined for the past eight years,” she said. “We also
see an increase in residential construction permits, per capita
income and lottery sales.”
Smart
Stats
The 2000 County Guide is full of interesting statistics. The
tidbits include:
Agriculture (Seminole County had the highest corn
production,
2,038,000 bushels. Tattnall County grew the most soybeans, with
330,000 bushels. Macon County had the most milk cows, with 9,800
head.)
Economic issues (Quitman County beat the others for
per-capita
lottery sales, at $2,091. Camden County had the highest
percentage
of movers from out-of-state — 82.8 percent. And Fulton County’s
average adjusted gross income was the highest, at $63,448.)
“Based on 1990-1999 estimates, the overall population
increased by 20.2 percent,” Boatright said. “And 42
Georgia counties are growing faster than the state average –
mostly metro suburban, mountain and coastal counties, with some
exceptions.”
Handy Hints
The guide includes handy information on:
- Education (Cobb County students received the most
HOPE
scholarship
awards, $17,529,620; the Chickamauga city school system in
Walker
County had the highest percentage of high school completion,
91.9
percent). - Population statistics (Echols County was the most
sparsely
populated, with 6.3 persons per square mile. Chattahoochee
County
had the highest percentage of Hispanic population, at 18.5
percent.
And Forsyth County showed the greatest percentage increase from
1990 to ’99, at 119.3 percent.)
And there’s information you never know when you’ll need:
- There were more deer-related accidents on Henry County roads
than in any other county — 346. - Veterans showed the greatest increase in Union County from
1990 to ’99 — 20.9 percent. - Liberty County was ahead of the rest with a rate of 25.4
births per 1,000 population. - During the 15 years from 1984 through ’98, Cherokee County
had the lowest percentage of low-weight births — 6
percent. - The Catoosa County marriage rate was highest — 52.1 per
1,000 population.
Data in the guide is arranged by subject with county-level
and state statistics on agriculture, crime, economics,
education,
government, health, housing, labor, natural resources,
occupations,
population, public assistance, religion, transportation,
veterans
and vital statistics.
You’ll find the latest statistics for every county, as well
as population data for each municipality in the state.
“The Georgia County Guide puts the answers you need right
at your fingertips in a comprehensive, easy-to-use format that
covers all 159 counties in Georgia, with more variables than any
other source,” Boatright said.
How to Order
This year’s guide is available in book form or electronic
data
sets in Microsoft Excel format. The data sets include individual
county-state profiles in Adobe Acrobat format with free software
available on the Web. The book is $15 and data sets $50.
Get complete book and ordering information at
http://www.agecon.uga.edu/~countyguide.
Credit-card orders can be taken at the Web site, or you can
print the form and mail a check payable to “Georgia County
Guide” to: Ag Business Office, 203 Conner Hall, The
University
of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7506. Be sure to include your street
address for UPS shipment.
“One of the guide’s useful features is the list of data
sources in the back of the book,” Boatright said.
“Web-site
addresses are included so users can access sites for further
information.”
The book is produced by the Center for Agribusiness and
Economic
Development in the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, in cooperation with the UGA College of Family and
Consumer
Sciences.
