East Dougherty, Georgia

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Population in July 2007: 36,312.

Males: 17,244	(47.5%)
Females: 19,068	(52.5%)

Median resident age:	27.2 years
Georgia median age:	33.4 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $28,188 (it was $27,073 in 2000)

East Dougherty:	$28,188
Georgia:	$49,136

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $15,432

East Dougherty:	$15,432
Georgia:	$24,928

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $78,717 (it was $53,900 in 2000)

East Dougherty:	$78,717
Georgia:	$164,500

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Races in East Dougherty:

Black (68.4%)
American Indian (68.4%)
White Non-Hispanic (29.3%)
Hispanic (1.8%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Other race (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in East Dougherty: 78.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 260 feet

Land area: 112.6 square miles.

Population density: 323 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in East Dougherty

High school or higher: 68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
Unemployed: 14.1%
Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in East Dougherty CCD

Never married: 37.1%
Now married: 45.4%
Separated: 4.1%
Widowed: 6.3%
Divorced: 11.3%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.1%
Georgia:	7.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

East Dougherty:	1.2% ($640)
Georgia:	0.9% ($919)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Albany, GA (3.9 miles , pop. 76,939).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Montgomery, AL (139.1 miles , pop. 201,568).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (682.2 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Albany, GA (2.0 miles ), West Dougherty, GA (2.4 miles ), Putney, GA (2.5 miles ), Leesburg, GA (3.5 miles ), Philema, GA (3.6 miles ), Baconton, GA (3.7 miles ), Sylvester, GA (4.0 miles ), Bridgeboro, GA (4.1 miles ).

Latitude: 31.56 N, Longitude: 84.10 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 229

East Dougherty household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Public administration (12%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Paper (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (13%)
Educational services (11%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Public administration (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Food (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

East Dougherty-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Georgia state average. It is 98% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/20/2003, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 14.5 miles away from the East Dougherty place center killed 6 people and injured 200 people and caused $7 million in damages.

On 11/11/1968, a category 3 tornado 18.0 miles away from the place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near East Dougherty:

HCA PALMYRA MEDICAL CENTERS (about 4 miles; ALBANY, GA)
PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; ALBANY, GA)
PHOEBE WORTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; SYLVESTER, GA)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to East Dougherty:

ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 2 miles; ALBANY, GA; Full-time enrollment: 2,996)
VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; VALDOSTA, GA; FT enrollment: 7,157)
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; FT VALLEY, GA; FT enrollment: 2,233)
GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE-DOTHAN (about 78 miles; DOTHAN, AL; FT enrollment: 2,703)
TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 7,016)
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; TALLAHASSEE, FL; FT enrollment: 29,949)
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; COLUMBUS, GA; FT enrollment: 3,886)

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Notable locations in East Dougherty: Northeast Industrial Park (A), Turner Field Municipal Golf Course (B), Radium Springs Country Club (C), Albany East Industrial Park (D), Margaret Road Hazard Library (E), Talulah Massey Branch Library (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Junction Shopping Center (1), Shackleford Shopping Center (2), Radium Crossing Shopping Center (3), Oglethorpe Plaza Shopping Center (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in East Dougherty include: Wesley Chapel (A), Albany Church (B), Williams Spring Church (C), Antioch Church (D), Victory Church (E), Union Baptist Church (F), Base Chapel (G), Trinity United Methodist Church (H), Berean Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Hill Cemetery (1), Antioch Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creeks: Muckalee Creek (A), Dry Creek (B), Piney Woods Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in East Dougherty include: Albany Railroad Depot Historic District (1), Chehaw State Park (2), Piney Woods Park (3), Shackleford Park (4), Tallulah Massey Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.8 people
Georgia:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	40.5%
Whole state:	70.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.6%
Whole state:	4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	30.4%
Whole state:	13.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	15.2%
Whole state:	6.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in East Dougherty, GA

People in group quarters in East Dougherty

1149 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
866 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
813 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
187 people in military barracks, etc.
117 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
62 people in state prisons
10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
2 people in military transient quarters for temporary residents

East Dougherty compared to Georgia state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Dougherty County Georgia:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (62%) Utility gas (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Religion statistics for East Dougherty

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Churches of Christ	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Adherents	42.4%	22.0%	10.1%	3.3%	2.8%
Congregations	26.2%	10.7%	1.2%	9.5%	6.0%

Name	Charismatic Churches Independent	Episcopal Church	Assemblies of God	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	2.8%	2.7%	2.6%	1.9%	9.3%
Congregations	2.4%	3.6%	3.6%	4.8%	32.1%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

7.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,673 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.50%
Georgia average:	10.98%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($410 average AGI)
Dougherty County: 0.14%
Georgia average: 0.39%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Lee County, GA	1.21% ($55,687 average AGI)
from Worth County, GA	0.49% ($24,506)
from Terrell County, GA	0.32% ($25,228)

8.53% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,365 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.53%
Georgia average:	9.55%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($492 average AGI)
Dougherty County: 0.10%
Georgia average: 0.09%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Lee County, GA	1.82% ($43,796 average AGI)
to Worth County, GA	0.49% ($30,832)
to Mitchell County, GA	0.31% ($26,242)

Strongest AM radio stations in East Dougherty:

WJYZ (960 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WALG (1590 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WSRA (1250 AM; 1 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LIFELINE RADIO CORPORATION)
WGPC (1450 AM; 1 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WJEP (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; OCHLOCKNEE, GA; Owner: LIFELINE MINISTRIES, INCORPORATED)
WHGH (840 AM; daytime; 10 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: H. G. H INVESTMENT CORP.)
WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WKTF (1550 AM; 10 kW; VIENNA, GA; Owner: SANTILLANA BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMTM (1300 AM; 5 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in East Dougherty:

WKAK (104.5 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WNUQ (101.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WJAD (103.5 FM; LEESBURG, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WJIZ-FM (96.3 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
W273AE (102.5 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WUNV (91.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
WOBB (100.3 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WBJY (89.3 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WRXZ (106.1 FM; SYLVESTER, GA; Owner: ON TOP COMMUNICATIONS OF GEORGIA, LLC)
WRAK-FM (97.3 FM; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WZIQ (106.5 FM; SMITHVILLE, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
WAEF (90.3 FM; CORDELE, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WZBN (102.1 FM; SYLVESTER, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WWXC (90.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LAMAD MINISTRIES, INC.)
WEGC (107.7 FM; SASSER, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WMTM-FM (93.9 FM; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: COLQUITT BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
WQVE (105.5 FM; CAMILLA, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
W203AT (88.5 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WSRD-LP (93.1 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: SONSHINE RADIO CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around East Dougherty:

W34CZ (Channel 34; ALBANY, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WBKL-LP (Channel 35; ALBANY, GA; Owner: GWENDOLYN BOONE)
WALB (Channel 10; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LIBCO, INC.)
WABW-TV (Channel 14; PELHAM, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
WFXL (Channel 31; ALBANY, GA; Owner: WAITT LICENSE COMPANY OF GEORGIA, L.L.C.)
WTLH (Channel 49; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: WTLH LICENSE CORP.)
WACS-TV (Channel 25; DAWSON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
WTWC-TV (Channel 40; TALLAHASSEE, FL; Owner: WTWC LICENSEE, LLC)
WCTV (Channel 6; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: WCTV LICENSEE CORP.)
W19CP (Channel 19; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: TIFT AREA TV)
WSST-TV (Channel 55; CORDELE, GA; Owner: SUNBELT-SOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD)

FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1

0.37 Km S Of Spring Flats Rd 6.35 Km E Of Spring Flats Rd Co Line Rd Jct 6.1 Mi, Call Sign: KPM406
Assigned Frequencies : 450.010 MHz
Grant Date: 03/09/1993, Expiration Date: 04/01/2012
Registrant: Educational Media Foundation, 5700 West Oaks Blvd., Rocklin, CA 95765, Phone: (912) 776-2040

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