Athens-Clarke County compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Number of college students significantly above state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Brantley County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Judicial and Legal |
124 | $410,445 | $39,720 | 16 | $8,995 |
| Other Government Administration |
61 | $208,408 | $40,998 | 7 | $4,218 |
| Water Supply |
148 | $430,656 | $34,918 | 0 | $0 |
| Transit |
66 | $157,927 | $28,714 | 0 | $0 |
| Financial Administration |
61 | $224,458 | $44,156 | 4 | $1,997 |
| Parks and Recreation |
86 | $266,541 | $37,192 | 35 | $15,564 |
| Sewerage |
27 | $75,263 | $33,450 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
65 | $169,280 | $31,252 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
10 | $21,728 | $26,074 | 0 | $0 |
| Airports |
8 | $26,362 | $39,543 | 4 | $2,925 |
| Streets and Highways |
89 | $267,797 | $36,107 | 0 | $0 |
| Correction |
89 | $284,165 | $38,314 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
3 | $9,591 | $38,364 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
170 | $603,747 | $42,617 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
9 | $34,058 | $45,411 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
78 | $269,169 | $41,411 | 31 | $9,188 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
231 | $820,774 | $42,638 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
90 | $289,051 | $38,540 | 7 | $7,291 |
| Local Libraries |
48 | $124,199 | $31,050 | 54 | $26,302 |
| Totals for Government |
1463 | $4,693,618 | $38,499 | 158 | $76,480 |
Athens-Clarke County government finances in 2004:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $1,935,000
- Charges - All Other: $11,786,000
Sewerage: $10,196,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,300,000
Parking Facilities: $1,039,000
Parks & Recreation: $764,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $6,735,000
Parks & Recreation: $3,776,000
Corrections - Other: $2,992,000
General: $2,757,000
Sewerage: $2,707,000
Fire Protection: $2,602,000
Central Staff Services: $1,313,000
General Public Buildings: $1,023,000
Water Utilities: $842,000
Police Protection: $604,000
Housing & Community Development: $11,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $19,670,000
Water Utilities: $10,370,000
General - Other: $10,277,000
Central Staff Services: $9,679,000
Fire Protection: $9,024,000
Corrections - Other: $8,404,000
Sewerage: $8,371,000
Health Services - Other: $7,879,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $7,027,000
Parks & Recreation: $5,718,000
Solid Waste Management: $5,219,000
Housing & Community Development: $4,188,000
Regular Highways: $4,049,000
Financial Administration: $3,660,000
General Public Buildings: $2,990,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,335,000
Libraries: $1,317,000
Air Transportation: $1,114,000
Parking Facilities: $779,000
Welfare - Other: $479,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,222,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,906,000
Highways: $1,598,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $403,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $1,858,000
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $80,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $18,554,000
General Support: $17,643,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $42,100,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $6,720,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $120,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $38,695,000
Other, NEC: $4,995,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $3,405,000
Other, NEC: $1,605,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $16,667,000
General Revenue, NEC: $6,513,000
Rents: $602,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $2,594,000
Police Protection: $1,298,000
Central Staff: $1,190,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $752,000
Parks & Recreation: $493,000
General Public Building: $393,000
Regular Highways: $130,000
Fire Protection: $41,000
Housing & Community Development: $34,000
Judicial: $31,000
Corrections - Other: $10,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $161,443,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $15,294,000
- State Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $6,778,000
All Other: $3,717,000
Highways: $288,000
- Tax - Property: $34,615,000
Public Utilities: $6,518,000
Other Selective Sales: $5,662,000
NEC: $3,501,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $2,575,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $55,343,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,938,000
8.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,968 average adjusted gross income) | Here: |  8.67% | | Georgia average: |  10.98% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,840 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.76% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Athens-Clarke County:
- WGAU (1340 AM; 1 kW; ATHENS, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF PENSACOLA, INC)
- WRFC (960 AM; 5 kW; ATHENS, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF ATHENS, INC)
- WBKZ (880 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JEFFERSON, GA; Owner: BROWN BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
- WXAG (1470 AM; 1 kW; ATHENS, GA; Owner: MECCA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WJJC (1270 AM; 5 kW; COMMERCE, GA; Owner: BANKS-JACKSON BROADCASTING)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
Strongest FM radio stations in Athens-Clarke County:
- WUOG (90.5 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA)
- W250AC (97.9 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WBTS (95.5 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W203BK (88.5 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WFSH-FM (104.7 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMSL (88.9 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: PRINCE AVENUE BAPTIST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL)
- WGMG (102.1 FM; CRAWFORD, GA; Owner: NEW BROADCAST INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, INC)
- WUGA (91.7 FM; ATHENS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WFOX (97.1 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WYAY (106.7 FM; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WNGC (106.1 FM; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF PENSACOLA, INC)
- WPMA (102.7 FM; BUCKHEAD, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY, L.P.)
- WMOQ (92.3 FM; BOSTWICK, GA; Owner: BOSTWICK BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WPUP (103.7 FM; ROYSTON, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCASTING OF ATHENS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Athens-Clarke County:
- W42AO (Channel 42; ATHENS, GA; Owner: GEORGIA REGIONAL COMMUNITY TV)
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
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