Lee County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 38.9. This is worse than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 27.6. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 24.3 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 12.2. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 24.3 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Smithville and their reported violations in the past:
ARLINGTON TERRACE MHP (Population served: 154, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004), St Public Notif requested (JUL-20-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-23-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-23-2004), Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-01-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-01-2004), Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2005 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: State CCR Follow-up Notice (2 times from AUG-01-2005 to OCT-03-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: DBP Stage 1. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-16-2005)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004), State CCR Follow-up Notice (AUG-27-2004)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004), St Public Notif requested (JUL-20-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2004)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAY-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-18-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-18-2004), Referred for Higher St Level Review (JUL-06-2004)
- 8 routine major monitoring violations
- 16 regular monitoring violations
- 8 other older monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 30.8%
(10.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 38.3% for Black residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.8 people | | Georgia: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 69.6% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.4% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Smithville, GA
Smithville compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below 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.
- Number of college students 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 (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Lee County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Smithville (based on Lee County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 24.77%
| Here |  | 24.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
| Adherents | 58.7% | 16.4% | 9.1% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Congregations | 35.3% | 11.8% | - | 5.9% | 5.9% |
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| Name | International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Churches of Christ | Episcopal Church | Baha'i | Other |
| Adherents | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Congregations | 5.9% | 11.8% | 5.9% | - | 17.6% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 3 | This county: | 0.91 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 5 | Lee County: | 1.52 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 12 | This county: | 3.64 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 6 | Lee County: | 1.82 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | Lee County: | 13.6% | | State: | 14.6% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,772 | $21,264 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $1,506 | $18,072 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $9,447 | $28,341 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $2,959 | $17,754 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
2 | $3,366 | $20,196 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $19,050 | $22,860 | 0 | $0 |
Smithville government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $43,000 ($74.39)
Sewerage: $39,000 ($67.47)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $139,000 ($240.48)
Central Staff Services: $67,000 ($115.92)
Regular Highways: $53,000 ($91.70)
Water Utilities: $40,000 ($69.20)
Solid Waste Management: $39,000 ($67.47)
Sewerage: $27,000 ($46.71)
Judicial and Legal Services: $14,000 ($24.22)
General - Other: $12,000 ($20.76)
Libraries: $5,000 ($8.65)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $37,000 ($64.01)
- Intergovernmental to State - Parks & Recreation: $10,000 ($17.30)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $245,000 ($423.88)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $204,000 ($352.94)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $198,000 ($342.56)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $6,000 ($10.38)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $70,000 ($121.11)
Interest Earnings: $21,000 ($36.33)
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $10,000 ($17.30)
Water Utilities: $6,000 ($10.38)
Regular Highways: $5,000 ($8.65)
Sewerage: $4,000 ($6.92)
Central Staff: $1,000 ($1.73)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $630,000 ($1089.97)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $59,000 ($102.08)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $40,000 ($69.20)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $4,000 ($6.92)
- Tax - Property: $87,000 ($150.52)
Other Selective Sales: $28,000 ($48.44)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $11,000 ($19.03)
NEC: $4,000 ($6.92)
Public Utilities: $4,000 ($6.92)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $169,000 ($292.39)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $10,000 ($17.30)
13.72% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,665 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 13.72% | | 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:
10.65% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($48,690 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.65% | | 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 Smithville:
- WJYZ (960 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WMAC (940 AM; 50 kW; MACON, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WALG (1590 AM; 5 kW; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WKTF (1550 AM; 10 kW; VIENNA, GA; Owner: SANTILLANA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSTT (730 AM; 25 kW; THOMASVILLE, GA; Owner: MARION R. WILLIAMS)
- WISK (1390 AM; daytime; 1 kW; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: SUMTER BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WNNG (1350 AM; 15 kW; WARNER ROBINS, GA; Owner: CHASE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMGA (1130 AM; 10 kW; MOULTRIE, GA; Owner: RADIO MOULTRIE, INC.)
- WFVR (910 AM; 50 kW; VALDOSTA, GA; Owner: RAMA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Smithville:
- WDEC-FM (94.7 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: SUMTER BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WZIQ (106.5 FM; SMITHVILLE, GA; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WKAK (104.5 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WISK-FM (98.7 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: SUMTER BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WJIZ-FM (96.3 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WJAD (103.5 FM; LEESBURG, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WRAK-FM (97.3 FM; BAINBRIDGE, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWXC (90.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: LAMAD MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WOBB (100.3 FM; TIFTON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBJY (89.3 FM; AMERICUS, GA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- WEGC (107.7 FM; SASSER, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WUNV (91.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WNUQ (101.7 FM; ALBANY, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
TV broadcast stations around Smithville:
- WACS-TV (Channel 25; DAWSON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WTVM (Channel 9; COLUMBUS, GA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- W34CZ (Channel 34; ALBANY, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WRBL (Channel 3; COLUMBUS, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WABW-TV (Channel 14; PELHAM, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WBKL-LP (Channel 35; ALBANY, GA; Owner: GWENDOLYN BOONE)
- WSST-TV (Channel 55; CORDELE, GA; Owner: SUNBELT-SOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD)
Smithville fatal accident list:
Dec 25, 2008 06:33 PM, Stanton Dr S, Sr-3, Lat: 31.889639, Lon: -84.246792, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 1, 2002 10:11 AM, Us-19 (Sr 3), Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Jan 29, 1984 12:10 AM, 3, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 7, Fatalities: 1
Aug 16, 1980 08:55 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 3 meters (10ft)
Total average daily traffic: 900
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 1,350
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 14 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Smithville)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - EAGLE POND RD, Eagle Pond Rd Rr Crossing @ Rr Mp J277.50 (Lat: 31.858333 Lon: -84.231389), Type: Bant, Structure height: 2.5 m, Overall height: 3.1 m, Call Sign: WQIB481, Licensee ID: L00008014
Assigned Frequencies: 161.475 MHz Grant Date: 12/19/2007, Expiration Date: 12/19/2017, Certifier: Jerry R Celio Mr.
Registrant: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree St., Ne Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 582-6224, Fax: (404) 582-6209, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - STATION, E Of Depot Acr Tracks (Lat: 31.906000 Lon: -84.249889), Overall height: 91.4 m, Call Sign: KRA29
Assigned Frequencies: 6775.00 MHz, 6815.00 MHz Grant Date: 07/19/2001, Expiration Date: 09/05/2011
Registrant: Central Of Georgia Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree St. Ne - Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 529-1493, Fax: (404) 527-2914, Email:
FAA Registered Aircraft: 3 - Aircraft: AYRES CORPORATION S2R-R1820 (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: WRIGHT R-1820 SER (1475 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4025Q , Serial Number: R1820-019DC, Year manufactured: 1981, Airworthiness Date: 08/20/1981
Registrant (Individual): William W Dba Childers, Rt 1 Box 82, Smithville, GA 31787, Other Owners: Flying Service Childers - Aircraft: SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORP G164A (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: P&W R1340 SERIES (600 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4105A , Serial Number: 921, Year manufactured: 1972, Airworthiness Date: 03/04/1995
Registrant (Individual): Hc Harvey, 1071 Logan Store Rd, Smithville, GA 31787, Other Owners: Spray Service Harvey - Aircraft: DEVLIN JOHN C RV-6A (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 626RV , Serial Number: 24873, Year manufactured: 1999, Airworthiness Date: 09/11/1999
Registrant (Individual): John C Devlin, 225 Steel Bridge Rd, Smithville, GA 31787
| Most common first names in Smithville, GA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 17 | 72.7 years |
| Mary | 13 | 83.5 years |
| James | 11 | 68.6 years |
| Henry | 10 | 74.7 years |
| Annie | 9 | 85.0 years |
| Charlie | 8 | 72.4 years |
| Willie | 8 | 69.1 years |
| Robert | 7 | 74.7 years |
| William | 6 | 70.5 years |
| Will | 6 | 75.8 years |
| Most common last names in Smithville, GA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Williams | 13 | 78.7 years |
| Smith | 12 | 74.6 years |
| Thomas | 9 | 65.9 years |
| Smothers | 8 | 71.1 years |
| Jackson | 8 | 82.4 years |
| Melton | 6 | 70.0 years |
| Jones | 6 | 74.1 years |
| Sneed | 6 | 73.4 years |
| Champion | 6 | 72.7 years |
| Mosley | 6 | 73.0 years |
Smithville on our top lists:
- #42 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Cashiers"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers:"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Farm supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #71 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Protective service occupations:"
- #84 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Physicians and surgeons"
- #86 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Florists"
- #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
- #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
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